Early on, when I first started gardening, I subscribed to Taunton’s Kitchen Garden magazine starting with the Premier Issue in 1996. I think I received about the first year’s worth of issues before life got busy and I decided I needed to have less to do so I dropped the subscription. A few years later when things slowed down a bit and I had more time for gardening I picked up my old Kitchen Garden magazines and read them cover to cover again. These are awesome magazines and probably the best ever published related to fruit, vegetable, & herb gardening. I searched the internet and finally, after a lot of effort, was able to piecemeal the complete collection of 33 issues together. Sadly, the magazine was discontinued after Issue #33. I think it was just way ahead of it’s time …
These are great magazines and I keep them to read through from time to time. There is always an article that inspires me to try something new like fennel or blackberries or different varieties of heirloom tomatoes and peppers. Or information on trellises, garden layout, or composting that I find and try.
Harvest Gardener maintains an inventory of Kitchen Garden (Issues 1 – 18) and Kitchen Gardener (Issues 19 – 32) magazine back issues that we keep in order to share with our gardening friends. Note that the magazine format and title changed between Issues 18 and 19. Buy them singly to fill the holes in your partial collection or order a complete set. A complete collection also makes a great gift!
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