KitchenGardener Magazine

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Tips from a French Kitchen Garden

    Want an eye-catching garden as beautiful as an ornamental display? Check out these tips from the garden of a French restauranteur.

  • How-To

    Growing Upright Blackberries

    With proper pruning, erect varieties (some of them thornless) are easy to manage and easy to pick.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Creating Healthy Compost

    Should you compost pesticides, herbicides, animal manure, paper, weeds, or diseased plants? The answers may surprise you.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Composting Hot or Cold

    Cold composting is slow and easy; hot composting is fast but takes effort. Both produce a priceless soil amendment.

  • Garden Lifestyle

    Cooking with Cherry Tomatoes

    Cherry tomatoes are so good that they often get gobbled up right in the garden. In case yours make it to the kitchen, here are some ways to serve them…

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Selecting and Growing Great Paste Tomatoes

    For paste, pasta sauce, and homemade ketchup, pick a variety suited to the purpose.

  • Garden Lifestyle

    Tomatoes for Stuffing

    Like peppers, stuffing tomatoes have a hollow cavity that can be packed with a variety of fillings. These colorful varieties make impressive edible bowls.

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    How-To

    How to Grow Beefsteak Tomatoes

    Expert advice on growing beefsteak tomatoes, including preparing the soil, choosing the best varieties, planting, pruning, and fighting common diseases.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Tales of Silver Trails: Managing Slugs and Snails

    Before resorting to chemical treatment, try one of the many less toxic ways to control these voracious pests.

  • Garden Lifestyle

    Roasting Vegetables to Perfection

    Simple techniques produce savory, satisfying results, says Carole Peck, chef and owner of Good News Café in Woodbury, Connecticut. She explains the fine points of slow roasting and also shares…