In Botany of the Kitchen Garden, Kew expert Hélèna Dove expertly combines horticulture and science in this essential reference on food crops: which part of the plant are we harvesting, how are plants adapted and how does this effect the grower? of ultra-fresh and diverse mixed leaf salad consisting of upwards of 40 different nutritious and seasonal edible leaves and flowers.

Each month the magazine will bring you exclusive deals and offers on seeds, bulbs and plants plus news of some of the UKs best garden shows. Even the plants that we use on our terraces in the restaurants over the spring and summer months are annually replanted in the garden to waste nothing. Safe enough away from the garden but happily sheltered and with our natural spring that feeds the garden we have a little pond to keep the bees well watered. The seeds should germinate within a few weeks, and you should be able to harvest your fresh carrots 14 to 16 weeks later.

The soil biology works hard to digest and make nutrients plant available, whilst plants feed these microbes with carbon in the form of sugar produced in photosynthesis. The urge to weed your patch everyday is a good one, as reducing competition for your harvest is an important thing to do, but it’s crucial to understand how and why we get weeds in our kitchen gardens. In hot temperatures, it’s best to avoid watering between 10am and 4pm as plants close their stomata, and stop taking up water to protect themselves from wilting. The only difference is that yours is also open on a Sunday, and you’re getting the freshest produce possible.

Any tap root left in the soil will regrow year-after-year and become increasingly more resilient with each weeding attempt.

Here in the kitchen garden we are growing healthy, wildlife-friendly and people-friendly food using Organic methods and Permaculture principles.

There’s more to gardening than just potting plants and trimming your hedges - it’s the perfect place to grow vegetables too. Roots need water but they also need air, as it may seem natural to want to put all your new chilli seedlings into a trough of water to soak, but in reality if left too long, the roots begin to rot as they have no access to air and your first tray of seedlings decides to turn a nice shade of yellow. More importantly come and taste and let us know what you think when any of our kitchen garden ingredients are listed on our menus. One thing that every new gardener needs to know and apply is that diversity equals resilience and abundance. Packed full of antioxidants and vitamins A and K, spinach is widely known for its energy-boosting and anti-inflammatory properties, and it’s thought to support healthy bones and heart health too.The kitchen garden, which is one of the largest and oldest in Britain, includes areas for fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and herbs, as well as more ornamental plants. Print subscriptions come with the printed copies of the magazine direct to your door and up to 3 packets* of seeds each issue. Rather than grow a lot of one thing, I like to grow many different types of leaves and veggies in my raised bed kitchen garden so that there's always something to harvest, to take inside and enjoy right away.