Kitchen Garden
Great garlic starts here!
For many of us, planting garlic is the last act of optimism before the cold days of winter close in. Benedict Vanheems says that once they’re tucked beneath the soil, each clove will be busy working towards next summer’s harvest. So follow this...
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Grow more, water less
The past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record, and 2026 has brought what is provisionally the UK’S hottest summer on record – beating the record set only last year. In some ways this pattern is quite helpful, because it sends us a clear message...
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A handful of dust
I’ve done something this summer I don’t think I’ve ever done before: I’ve more or less stopped watering my veg plot. I’m still keeping a few pots and raised beds going, but everything else is having to take its chances. After such a relentlessly hot,...
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