Steve Ott
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A HAPPY GREENHOUSE MEANS HAPPY PLANTS
Award-winning blogger Ade Sellars has some timely advice for those of us starting off our seedlings under cover Over the next few months, our polytunnels and greenhouses will be home to our seedlings, and young plants; they will aid the…
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RUSSIAN SALAD WITH PEAS
Let your newly harvested peas shine in this Russian inspired salad with potato and carrots. It tastes delicious. SERVES 6 | Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes • 3 medium/large potatoes, peeled • 3 large carrots, peeled.…
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SPRING SALAD WITH PEAS
Spring on a plate! Enjoy this season’s best vegetables in one big salad. SERVES 4 | Preparation Time: 20 minutes • 250-300g/8-9oz mixed leaves • ½ cucumber, thinly sliced • 2-3 radishes, thinly sliced • 75-100g/3-4oz fresh peas, blanched •…
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25th April 2017
Marvin isn’t lonely The greenhouse is packed to the roof with seedlings so I am not on my own.
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24th April 2017
Marvin turns over a new leaf Two big leaves waving in the breeze. Whipping up the dusty soil making Marvin sneeze
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Podcast 18: Pretty and productive
The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. A traditional potager is an ornamental vegetable garden where vegetables are grown with flowers and herbs, often in clumps rather than rows. It is…
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23rd April 2017
Marvin watches the busy bees A bee has entered the greenhouse and is busy throwing himself against the glass. Three hours have passed and he is still trying to find the door. I have waved my little leaf at him…
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22nd April 2017
Marvin meets a new human My human has gone to Harrogate Flower Show for the weekend and left me in the capable hands of another human who comes in once a day to water us. So far she is doing…
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21st April 2017
Marvin contemplates the weather Someone once said God makes rainy days so gardeners can get the housework done. There must be some very messy houses around because we haven’t had a lot of rain lately.
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20th April 2017
Marvin has more leaves coming Oh it’s good to be alive. The sun is out the greenhouse is warm and toasty and there is life springing up all around me. Someone once said “Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you…
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19th April 2017
Marvin’s buddy I thought I was the only marrow in the world and so I was bound to be the biggest. Unfortunately there are more of me…and some may be bigger already. Not a happy marrow
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16th April 2017
Marvin grows slowly I am growing impatient. I want to be the biggest marrow in the world NOW! Nature never rushes, yet everything is accomplished (Lao Tzu)
