Steve Ott

  • Bonfire Safety for Hibernating Wildlife

    Bonfire Safety for Hibernating Wildlife

    Spare a thought for your garden wildlife before lighting that bonfire on Nov 5th With the approach of November 5th and the need to dispose of seasonal garden waste such as hedge cuttings and leaves, bonfires are a common sight…

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  • Video: Cobra GT3024V Cordless Grass Trimmer

    Video: Cobra GT3024V Cordless Grass Trimmer

    A demonstration and review of the Cobra Grass Trimmer. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Liverpool’s Allerton Oak crowned England’s Tree of the Year

    Liverpool’s Allerton Oak crowned England’s Tree of the Year

    The Woodland Trust announces the results of its annual competition to find Britain’s best-loved tree The tree, which stands in the city’s Calderstones Park and was once home to a medieval court, received an impressive 34 per cent of more…

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  • Video: Great Twine for Your Garden

    Video: Great Twine for Your Garden

    We all need a bit of twine on our gardens, this is one of our favourites. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • RSPB’S Birdsong Initiative to Act on Climate Change

    RSPB’S Birdsong Initiative to Act on Climate Change

    Birdsong is set to sweep the country as the UK calls for politicians to act on climate change and the environment On Thursday 17 October over five million people will hear soothing birdsong in over 5,000 unexpected locations including Westfield…

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  • Podcast 65: Jobs for October

    Podcast 65: Jobs for October

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. We’re well into October and there’s still plenty to do on the plot. Steve, Emma and Tony cover jobs to do this month including…

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  • Video: Fifteen Handy Hacks to Save Money & Recycle

    Video: Fifteen Handy Hacks to Save Money & Recycle

    A mega compilation of fifteen hacks that’ll help you make use of old plastic bottles, toilet roll tubes and much more! For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Video: Testing Garden Sprayers

    Video: Testing Garden Sprayers

    For this month’s product review, the Kitchen Garden team have been looking at garden sprayers, this is their selection. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Video: Harvesting from a Potato Bag

    Video: Harvesting from a Potato Bag

    This month, we update on how the potatoes have grown in a potato bag.  For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Less is more: making your home and garden nature-friendly this  autumn

    Less is more: making your home and garden nature-friendly this autumn

    Beth Markey, spokesperson for the RSPB, offers some top tips on how to help the wildlife that calls our autumn gardens ‘home’ Welcome to Keats’ “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. Autumn’s early morning nip is upon us, evident in…

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  • Video: Harvesting Kohlrabi

    Video: Harvesting Kohlrabi

    We finish our series on growing kohlrabi by harvesting them and seeing how they’ve done. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • ‘Slice of Paradise’ Opens for Autumn

    ‘Slice of Paradise’ Opens for Autumn

    Joanna Lumley has been announced as a new Patron of the Himalayan Gardens and Sculpture Park as it opens for its autumn season on October 5 One of Yorkshire’s hidden gems, The Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park in Grewelthorpe near…

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