An excellent magazine for fruit & veg growers (The Kitchen Garden)

Name: BizzyB

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Product:	The Kitchen Garden
Date:	01/07/00 (46 review reads)
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Advantages: in-depth, specialist, purely fruit & veg

Disadvantages: not suitable for someone wanting an all round gardening magazine

The Kitchen Garden is a specialist magazine for vegetable, fruit and herb gardeners. Every month it contains in-depth articles on veg, fruit and herb growing written by some of the most successful and well-known gardeners in this field such as Bob Flowerdew.

The information contained is very precise but written in an way even a beginner can understand and not be outfaced by it, whilst the experienced gardener will find the latest developments and detailed horticultural information they need. For example, the type of articles you can expect from this publication include three page long pieces on a single plant, such as tomatoes for example, providing details about sowing, planting out, care, possible problems and solutions.

The magazine often carries articles specifically aimed at beginners though I believe many beginners may overlook this publication on the shelf as its cover does present itself as very specialist and it is tempting to think on first glance it may be too detailed for new gardeners. For those with an interest in growing fruit and vegetables to show there are often pieces on how to grow and exhibit your plants. Of particular use is the detailed gardeners' calendar giving a thorough list of what jobs you should be doing in the garden and when. There is a readers advice column which is very useful.

This magazine produces in-depth, detailed articles of interest to budding and serious vegetable gardening and when collected would make a superb reference set. For anyone with an interest in vegetable and fruit growing I would highly recommend it and suggest a subscription to it may make a nice present for someone with avid interest in the subject especially if they have an allotment.

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