Magazines...spit!
 

I've just bought 'Kitchen Garden.' Full of info on what we should be doing
now etc. It's the June edition.....on the 2nd of May!!!! Why do they do
this??
--
Pete C

Magazines...spit!
 

On 02/05/2013 21:57, Pete C wrote:
I've just bought 'Kitchen Garden.' Full of info on what we should be doing
now etc. It's the June edition.....on the 2nd of May!!!! Why do they do
this??

Well you wouldn't want the April edition.
As it's on sale till beginning of June you have time to plan your work
for the coming month of June

Magazines...spit!
 

"Pete C" wrote ...

I've just bought 'Kitchen Garden.' Full of info on what we should be doing
now etc. It's the June edition.....on the 2nd of May!!!! Why do they do
this??

I've often seen some of the new allotment gardeners planting stuff a month
or more early and wondered if they have checked the date on the front of the
magazine.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

Magazines...spit!
 

On Thu, 2 May 2013 21:57:24 +0100, "Pete C"
wrote:

I've just bought 'Kitchen Garden.' Full of info on what we should be doing
now etc. It's the June edition.....on the 2nd of May!!!! Why do they do
this??
Common practice for magazines. It increases their shelf life.

Magazines...spit!
 

On 03/05/2013 09:18, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 2 May 2013 21:57:24 +0100, "Pete C"
wrote:

I've just bought 'Kitchen Garden.' Full of info on what we should be doing
now etc. It's the June edition.....on the 2nd of May!!!! Why do they do
this??

Several thoughts come to mind. Magazines of all sorts have always been
pre-dated; it seems to be standard practice in that business. Were the
actual recommendations appropriate for May or June? If the former,
then the date on the cover doesn't really matter. Bear in mind also
that what may be appropriate for June in the north of England or
Scotland is probably appropriate for May in the south-west.

Surely that is good, as it gives you a chance to plan ahead.