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TOP JOBS FOR DECEMBER • Stephanie Hafferty outlines the key tasks needed to keep your veg beds and under-cover crops productive through the quietest weeks of the year

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FRUIT BUSHES: THE WINTER CUT-BACK • Now's the time to shape up your soft fruit. Martin Fish shares his simple guide to pruning blackcurrants, currants and gooseberries ready for bumper crops

PRESERVING THE POWER OF HERBS • Rob Smith shares his favourite ways to make your herbs last, from fragrant oils and butters to pesto, salts and freezer cubes - easy, thrifty methods that keep flavour at your fingertips all year round

OUR TOP PLOTTERS • Last summer we launched a competition to find our Top Plotters, with the top three winning some great prizes and all being featured in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we feature one of our runners-up…

TOP PLOTTERS 2026

PLAN FOR PERFECTION • All the best veg gardens start with a well-crafted plan. Invest a little time now for bountiful harvests later, says Benedict Vanheems, as he takes us back to basics - step by step - with his guide to laying out your perfect plot

THE ART of GROWING • Rachel Graham meets Chi Chi Tseng, head kitchen gardener at Sculpture by the Lakes near Dorchester, an internationally accredited botanic garden. She joined the team in 2022 and now manages the quarter-acre biodynamic kitchen garden, which supplies the on-site café and restaurant with seasonal fruit, vegetables, herbs and edible flowers

MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE ABOUT SEEDS • Dr Anton Rosenfeld, of sustainable gardening charity Garden Organic, shares some tips for choosing seeds this winter

TRIED, TESTED - AND STAYING • With so many tempting varieties to choose from, it can be hard to know which vegetables truly earn their space. Rob Smith shares 10 standout crops he'll be growing again next season reliable performers packed with flavour, colour and character

Kitchen Garden Christmas GIFT GUIDE • If you are looking for a gift idea for a friend or relative, how about one of these great products from some of our most trusted advertisers? Any gardener would be delighted to find these fabulous presents in their stocking this Christmas!

RACHEL'S TOP CHRISTMAS PICKS • Gardeners are generally easy to buy for, but that also means there's a risk of receiving the same gift twice. The selection below is different enough to avoid that - and exciting enough to genuinely delight any recipient. Having been lucky enough to try them all, I can honestly say I love each one

HERB OF THE MONTH CHIVES • Allium schoenoprasum

PUTTING OFF-GRID GREENHOUSE HEATERS TO TEST • As the days get colder keeping your precious plants warm within the greenhouse becomes more of a challenge. But what can you do if there's no power on your plot? Here KG takes a look at four heaters that could help to keep things growing through the winter days…

FROM SEED TO SIZZLE • From fiery habaneros to fruity new hybrids chillis offer great possibilities. Becky Searle meets RHS Gold Medal winner Amrit Madhoo at South Devon Chilli Farm to hear about growing and caring for these heat-loving plants

GIVEAWAYS • TO ENTER OUR GIVEAWAYS SEE PAGE 65 OR VISIT THE KG WEBSITE

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