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No Excuses for Not Pruning

4th April 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

If you haven’t pruned yet, better now than never. Markus Kobelt of Swiss fruit nursery Lubera has just posted a very funny blog listing the excuses his customers come up with for not having pruned their fruit trees, ranging from, “I haven’t done it yet so it’s too late now,” and, “My husband/wife/neighbour says not to do it now,” to,…

Oh no! Leggy Seedlings!

23rd March 2016 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Do your seedlings look like this? It’s not unusual if we start sowing indoors early that we get leggy seedlings I’ve often had this problem with tomato and pepper seedlings. So keen to get sowing and making a head start! Anyone else want to plead ‘guilty’? Seedlings become leggy if they have insufficient light and so therefore go in search…

Sowing parsnips

14th March 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

Increase your success with this popular root crop Parsnips can be sown from March to April and to increase the chances of a good full row of germinating seedlings station sow the seeds. This means sowing two or three seeds together at about 15cm (6in) apart. If more than one germinates simply remove the weakest seedlings to leave the strongest.…

Growing Cucumbers (with Sea Spring Seeds)

11th March 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Cucumbers are as versatile as they are delicious, lending themselves well to pickling, eating raw in salads and even cooking. Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are heat-loving vegetables best adapted to the warmest part of the year. They are members of the Cucurbitaceae family – which also includes pumpkins, courgettes and melons – and their viny plants are grown for the crunchy,…

This month in Kitchen Garden… April 2016

7th March 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

Take a look at what’s in the latest issue – April 2016 – plus what you can expect online and in our interactive digital magazine! A message from Steve Ott… Editor Steve Ott After a wet, windy winter you’ll be looking forward to warm, sunny spring days when you can get out into the garden or greenhouse. To help you…

Start With The Soil

4th March 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

“It is a truth universally acknowledged – but often overlooked – that our soil is at the very heart of successful growing.” “It is a truth universally acknowledged – but often overlooked – that our soil is at the very heart of successful growing,” says James Campbell, Chief Executive at Garden Organic. To support the UN’s International Year of Soils,…

Growing your own couldn’t be simpler!

4th March 2016 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

NEW Miracle-Gro Gro-ables Seeds Pods makes growing easy! ADVERTISING FEATURE: Why grow your own vegetables? Well, there’s the practical advantage that growing your own vegetables is often cheaper than shop-bought produce, but for most of us the real benefits are far greater than this. Anyone that has had a go at growing their own will tell you about the delicious…

VIDEO: Top Tips for March

2nd March 2016 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice, Video

There’s so much to do this month. Check out our range of tip-top videos from Steve and Tony packed with how-to guides and advice! Sowing carrots with Steve Ott Checking forced rhubarb with Tony Flanagan Sowing lettuce with Steve Ott…

Video How-To Guide – Sowing Chillies

26th February 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

Jobs for the month: February. The chilli pepper has seen an incredible leap in its fan base over the past few years. Watch as Kitchen Garden’s very own Emma walks you through a step-by-step of sowing chillies.…

Planting potatoes in pots

15th February 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice, Video

Video: Watch as Steve takes you through how to grow great potatoes in pots this year.…

Planting garlic

15th February 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice, Video

Video: Watch as Kitchen Garden editor Steve talks you through the planting process. Garlic grows best when it has a period of cold weather, so if you didn’t get around to planting last autumn you can plant now, if your soil is well drained and not too wet.…

Unusual veg you can grow in your allotment

18th January 2016 Steve Ott Blog, Tips and Advice

While growing the tried-and-tested fruit and vegetables on your allotment can be a rewarding experience, many gardeners want to branch out.. While growing the tried-and-tested fruit and vegetables on your allotment can be a rewarding experience, many gardeners want to branch out from the old staples and grow something more unusual. Here’s our pick of the best unusual veg to…

VIDEO: How-To… Split Rhubarb

10th January 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice, Video

Jobs for the month – January – Splitting Rhubarb You can invigorate large, tired clumps of rhubarb by lifting and dividing now. Watch as Steve, Emma and Tony from Kitchen Garden talk you through the process……

Top Tip: use coffee grounds to enrich your soil

1st December 2015 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

If you drink filtered coffee, don’t throw your coffee grounds away. They are excellent for the garden. Coffee grounds are a great source of nitrogen, just what your leaves love, though it’s not a quick nitrogen fix. The nitrogen in coffee grounds is released slowly. However, phosphorous (for roots) and potassium (for fruits and flowers) are immediately available. Coffee grounds…