Organic Gardening Magazine

Features

6 Grow great veg!
Make your own liquid manures with Joyce Russell

8 The herb garden
Anna Parkinson continues her series, this month she looks at ways you can beautify your herb garden

10 Garden DIY
This month Toby Buckland shows you how to make a sedum-roofed bird feeder from an old hanging basket and a timber plank

18 Go wild!
Jenny Steel offers a non-selective view of wildlife gardening

22 It’s showtime!
John Walker writes an overview of Chelsea Flower Show to see what ideas it offered for organic gardeners

26 It’s showtime!
Ann Somerset Miles visits Malvern Spring Gardening Show and finds out more about the Chris Beardshaw Mentoring Scholarship

40 Your best-ever tomatoes
Terry Marshall continues his series on growing top tomatoes; this month he looks at feeding for a bumper crop

50 Propagation
Paul Hending kicks off a new series on propagation through the seasons

56 Pests and diseases
Paul Hending offers some timely advice on dealing with pesky pests and determined diseases

64 Meet the specialists
Ann Somerset Miles meets Derry Watkins of Special Plants

Offers

74 Giveaways

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Regulars

30 Garden diary
Anna Corbett provides the essential guide to work in your July garden

34 Q&A
Your gardening questions answered by Christina Maxfield

36 Starter for 10
Christina Maxfield digs up facts and folklore on our kitchen crops. This month she looks at courgettes

42 Back to basics
This month Gaby Bartai looks at plant nutrients

46 Organic news
John Greenway and Anna Chancellor report

54 Digging deep
John Walker makes time for climate questions

58 Fresh and local
Seasonal recipes from Gaby Bartai

60 Bird’s eye view
This month Gunars Ulmanis takes a look at wrens

63 Web watch
Virtual gardening with Helen Gazeley

67 Backyard botany
Lucy Halliday explores the weird and wonderful world of plant science

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

73 On the bookshelf
Gaby Bartai rounds up the best of this month’s books

75 Resources
News from the gardening marketplace

80 Next month
Look ahead to what’s coming up in the August issue of OG, out 31 July