Organic Gardening Magazine

Features

6 Grow great veg!
They’re easy to grow and delicious fresh-picked says Joyce Russell of French beans

10 A bug’s life
Gunars Ulmanis looks at the plight of the bumblebee and what we as gardeners can do to help

16 Garden DIY
This month Toby Buckland offers some top tips so you’ve always got fresh herbs to hand when you want them for your kitchen

20 Go wild!
If you’ve got a dry garden, don’t despair you can still create a haven for wildlife says Jenny Steel

28 The herb garden
Anna Parkinson continues her series by looking at how garden plants can improve our health

30 On the plot
Toby Buckland talks about the ‘ethical garden’ he’s creating for this year’s Gardeners’ World Live

36 Best of British
Caroline Mills shows how to reduce your tool miles by looking at British garden products that are made, produced or grown in this country

40 Your best-ever tomatoes
Terry Marshall continues his series on growing top tomatoes; this month he looks at watering

52 Salad days
Helen Penrose looks at lesser-known leaves

 

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39 Giveaways

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Regulars

24 Starter for 10
Christina Maxfield digs up facts and folklore on our kitchen crops. This month she looks at asparagus, and seasonal tastes includes some great recipes

32 Back to basics
Gaby Bartai goes back to basics with soil pH in the first of a new series

42 Q&A
Your gardening questions answered

44 Backyard botany
Lucy Halliday looks at carnivorous plants

46 Garden diary
Anna Corbett provides the essential guide to work in your June garden

50 Digging deep
John Walker fights back against the organic bashers

54 Fresh and local
Seasonal recipes from Gaby Bartai

56 Bird’s eye view
This month Gunars Ulmanis looks at the challenges facing starlings

58 June cut down to size
Paul Hending looks at what to prune this month in the last of the series

60 Organic news
John Greenway and Kate Chancellor report

65 Webwatch
Virtual gardening with Helen Gazeley

66 Meet the specialists
Ann Somerset miles visits Wiggly Wigglers

71 On the bookshelf
The pick of new titles

72 Resources
News from the gardening marketplace

75 Letters
Your letters page

78 Out and about
What’s on for gardeners this month?

80 Next month
A look ahead to what’s coming up in the July issue of OG, out June 26