Steve Ott

  • Podcast 34: April 2017 full audio edition

    Podcast 34: April 2017 full audio edition

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. As a special treat this month, we bring you the complete audio version of the April 2017 issue. Subscribers to our digital edition get…

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  • Everybody sing!

    Everybody sing!

    Yes, it seems that spring has finally sprung, and the birds are awake early to tell everyone the good news… Every spring across the UK, an extraordinary thing happens. Early in the morning, woodlands and gardens that fell silent in…

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  • Going very slightly bananas…

    Going very slightly bananas…

    In our first Subs Club for April, for KG subscribers only, we catch up with news and views… from plots as far away as Uzbekistan! Read on. Grow more veg or pay more tax Pictured above: banana peppers, hot in Uzbekistan…

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  • Bat’s the way to pollinate

    Bat’s the way to pollinate

    Our nocturnal friends pollinate the jade vine in the rainforest. But in Cornwall, people take over the task with paintbrushes… The coming of spring at the Eden Project in Cornwall has been marked by the bursting into bloom of a…

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  • The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)

    The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)

    “Inspiring everyone to grow” If you’re keen to turn your passion for propagation into a professional qualification, the RHS has just the thing, and it’s already helping transform the lives of people looking to take that first step… or make…

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  • Mudketeers diary-28th March 2018

    Mudketeers diary-28th March 2018

    Triffid tale Nothing makes such a dramatic entrance as rhubarb. It’s thick fleshy shoots emerge from the ground like a monster from the deep. All I need do now is to mulch with some garden compost around the base making…

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  • 20,000 knitted hearts destined for Malvern show garden this spring

    20,000 knitted hearts destined for Malvern show garden this spring

    Knitters worldwide have answered a Gloucestershire widow’s call to craft hearts for a special knitted garden in memory of her husband Clare Young, 50, from Gloucester, has been overwhelmed by the huge response to her ambitious plan to create the…

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  • What’s in a name?

    What’s in a name?

    This man is one of numerous RHS staff whose name is linked to nature or horticulture! Find out more in Subs Club, for KG subscribers only… Born to the job! Matthew Pottage, Wisley curator. Picture: RHS/Richard Dawson The RHS has…

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  • It’s okay to drone on…

    It’s okay to drone on…

    Find out why in the latest collection of unusual tales for Subs Club members only! Counting on drones With apologies to citizen scientists: a University of Adelaide study has shown that when it comes to wildlife counts, technology can sometimes…

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  • Mudketeers diary-23rd March 2018

    Mudketeers diary-23rd March 2018

    Let-tuce start sowing What a lovely morning to start sowing. The sun was out, the sky was blue and from the warm comfort of the greenhouse I could hear the birds singing their little hearts out. I could feel all…

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  • Lest we forget…

    Lest we forget…

    Kent County Show to host ‘Every One Remembered’ sculpture and knitted poppy display for First World War memorial The Kent County Agricultural Society is delighted to announce that the iconic ‘Every One Remembered’ sculpture commissioned by The Royal British Legion…

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  • Teen art sensation to have a brush with RHS Chelsea Flower Show

    Teen art sensation to have a brush with RHS Chelsea Flower Show

    ‘Mini Monet’ Kieron is commissioned for limited-edition show paintings Fifteen-year-old art prodigy Kieron Williamson from Norfolk is one of the world’s most sought-after professional young artists with a global waiting list of art enthusiasts who eagerly look forward to his…

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