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JOBS FOR THE MONTH • TASKS FOR YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH IN MAY BY JOYCE RUSSELL

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ON THE PLOT WITH THE 3 Mudketeers • The KG team offer chat, tips and gardening gossip

ONE TO TRY... Biological Controls • This month Emma Rawlings recommends nematode-based biological controls: a more natural way to control pests in the fruit and veg garden

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KG PROBLEM SOLVER • GOT A FRUIT OR VEG PROBLEM? ASK KG FOR HELP

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Carrot fly • Your guide to common pests, diseases and other problems affecting your crops

BOOK REVIEWS • OUR SELECTION OF THE BEST NEW GARDENING TITLES REVIEWED BY REBECCA GARBUTT

Top tips for perfect pods • This month veg expert Rob Smith turns his attention skywards and offers his advice for growing the very best runner beans

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Enjoying the plot • Growing your own fruit and veg is so rewarding, whether you garden on your own or share the experience with friends and family. Here we feature some KG readers who get a lot of pleasure from their plots

Grow a salad bar • Watery iceberg lettuce and under-ripe tomatoes, anyone? Not on your nelly! Grow your own salad bar and give the limp and lacklustre the heave-ho, implores Benedict Vanheems

A LEAF LESS ORDINARY • With its neutral taste and range of colours and textures, lettuce is always going to be a winner. But how about adding a few of these leaves too?

TASTY EMBELLISHMENTS • A well-considered assortment of leaves is good enough, but adding tasty embellishments such as spring onion, radish and shaved beetroot will really help your salad sing.

SOME LIKE IT HOT • Frost-tender plants such as tomatoes, cucumbers and sweetcorn grown for baby cobs make stonking salad additions.

6 of the best... CULINARY HERBS • Here we highlight half a dozen must-grow herbs for use in cooking. They are so easy to grow and some are even given away as free seeds with this month’s issue

Cues to CELEBRATE • It’s the year of the cucumber and to mark the occasion why not sow some seeds this month and grow your best ever crop? With advice from the KG team, of course!

GROWING ONLINE • We dig deep into the World Wide Web to harvest some great websites, tips and gardening chit chat

SOWING POACHED EGGS!

ANISEED DELIGHTS • Florence fennel is grown for its white bulbs with a powerful aniseed taste. Member of the RHS Vegetable Trials Assessment Forum, Colin Randel, reveals the best varieties

Marvellous May! • This is a lovely month in the veg growing calendar with lots of new shoots emerging. Stephanie Hafferty is busy planting up her polytunnel and plot

STRINGING UP TOMATOES • All of my climbing plants are grown up strings. I’ve always used baler twine because I have a huge roll of it, but now that we are more aware of going plastic free I’m experimenting with different natural fibre cords too.

Get the buzz FROM BEEKEEPING • Beekeeping is becoming an increasingly popular hobby. Not only is it environmentally friendly but also a relaxing pastime, says gardening writer Emily...