Steve Ott

  • A touch of Highgrove magic at Christmas

    A touch of Highgrove magic at Christmas

    Highgrove has launched its 2019 Christmas collection, unveiling a unique selection of gifts to make the festive season extra special With a wide range of luxury gifts that include exclusively designed cards and handmade decorations, limited edition keepsakes, gourmet hampers…

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  • Seven tips to help hungry hedgehogs survive

    Seven tips to help hungry hedgehogs survive

    Gardeners are being encouraged to look after hedgehogs this autumn as numbers continue to fall. Outdoors experts from GardenBuildingsDirect.com have researched ways British hedgehogs can be supported in gardens as young hoglets emerge this year. Last year hedgehog numbers stood…

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  • Video: On the Plot – September

    Video: On the Plot – September

    In this video, we go through jobs you can be doing this month, harvesting sweetcorn and do a tomato taste testing…with a twist! For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Podcast 63: Growing with raised beds

    Podcast 63: Growing with raised beds

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Steve, Emma and Tony chat about the benefits of raised beds – a great way of keeping your vegetable plot contained and they can…

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  • Video: Harvesting Carrots

    Video: Harvesting Carrots

    The finale to our series on growing carrots, in this episode we finally harvest the crop. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Be a Mindful Eater

    Be a Mindful Eater

    Want to lose weight or eat more healthy? Eating mindfully is a key first step Do you ever reach for the second half of your lunchtime sandwich only to realise you’ve already eaten it? Or guzzle a family-size bag of…

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  • Free planting kits for Londoners

    Free planting kits for Londoners

    Hubbub joins forces with the Mayor of London, Starbucks, B&Q and IKEA Greenwich to give out 10,000 free planting kits on 14th September  Environmental charity Hubbub and the Mayor of London have launched #GiveItAGrow, a new campaign to help make…

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  • Video: Crops to Sow for Autumn

    Video: Crops to Sow for Autumn

    Steve takes you through some crops you can begin to sow late summer/early autumn to keep growing throughout the rest of the year. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Essential Nutrients to Improve Plant Flowering

    Essential Nutrients to Improve Plant Flowering

    Many gardeners know the flowering stage as the point in a plant’s life cycle when fruit, vegetable and flower sets are produced.  During this time, plants put all their energy into growing buds which are heavy, dense and most importantly,…

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  • OLIO’S FIRST COMMUNITY GARDEN

    OLIO’S FIRST COMMUNITY GARDEN

    A grower form Peckham has set up the first community garden that uses the food sharing app, OLIO OLIO is a food sharing app that connects users who have food they don’t want or need with neighbours living nearby who…

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  • Request the latest catalogues and start planning for 2020!

    Request the latest catalogues and start planning for 2020!

     Click here to explore the 2019/20 catalogues. Gardening Naturally Gardening Naturally is a family run business based in the Cotswolds. They provide a lovely range of netting, fleeces, fruit and vegetable cages, traps and barriers, which help gardeners to grow…

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  • Video: How to Sow Spinach

    Video: How to Sow Spinach

    Steve shares some advice about Spinach varieties and shows how to sow it. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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