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Grow your own: Broccoli

3rd March 2023 Web Editor Fruit & Veg Growing Guides

Broccoli is a highly nutritious vegetable that is a must for the veg patch. You will really notice the difference in flavour of your own grown broccoli and, being so fresh, it will contain even more vitamins and health giving properties. It belongs to the brassica family and there are three types: white and purple sprouting broccoli which are harvested…

Video: Hunting for Caterpillars on your Broccoli Plants

10th September 2021 Ben Stockdale Video

Join Emma as she goes hunting for caterpillars on the broccoli plants in her brassica cage! See this video and much more on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCAJFKHgmRgEuN3sedrHyhg…

Grow your own veg fast

28th March 2020 Steve Ott News

In these uncertain times lots of people are having the urge to start growing their own veg. Why not have a go at microgreen growing tasty nutritious veg in a matter of days. Microgreens are veg harvested while still only tiny shoots and are packed with vitamins and antioxidants to help boost health. They can also be grown on windowsills.…

Improve your mood, sow some food

26th March 2020 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

It is difficult right now if you are confined to your home so why not start growing your own food. It’s a great stress-buster In these uncertain times a lot of people are having a strong desire to grow their own fruit and veg. There is no better way to nurture your soul than getting your hands in the soil…

September issue now on sale!

30th July 2018 Steve Ott News

It’s been a super sunny summer so far, so as we take another step towards autumn, the Kitchen Garden September issue has new ideas to share. September is traditionally a time for harvesting summer crops of fruit and vegetables and preserving any gluts so we can enjoy them through the long winter. However, there is still plenty we can do…

From the forum: Are black flies anything to worry about?

24th August 2017 Steve Ott Blog

The Kitchen Garden Forum is a fun, thriving community of people like you. Each week we highlight a thread for further discussion. Forum user Colin2016 asks: Planted cabbage, broccoli cauliflower & kale in raised bed covered in white ground cover to keep the butterflies away. I notice there are some black flies under the cover, is this anything to worry…

Mudketeers diary-19th April 2017

19th April 2017 Emma Rawlings Blog

What hungry gap? April and May are months often referred to as the ‘Hungry Gap’ in veg gardening. It is a time when the winter veg is used up and the summer crops are still but seeds! I looked at my plot the other day and thought there wasn’t much on it until I went a-foraging. For lunch today I…

Emma’s three broc pot

3rd April 2017 Emma Rawlings Recipes

Try this recipe for deputy editor Emma’s simple but tasty dish using home-grown broccoli fresh from the plot This is a delicious one pot broccoli pasta dish using three different types of broccoli. One is the very seasonal purple sprouting broccoli, the fast growing calabrese and the even faster growing broccoli raab or Cima di rapa. The latter has yellow…

BROCCOLI & KALE SOUP WITH A PARMESAN CRISP

17th March 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

This is a great soup to make if you have leftover broccoli, or other green vegetables lurking in the bottom of your fridge. Serve it with a parmesan crisp to make it a little more special. SERVES 6 Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 25 minutes • 500g/1lb broccoli, roughly chopped • 200g/8oz kale, roughly chopped • ½ head…

BLACK QUINOA & BROCCOLI BOWL WITH TOFU

13th March 2017 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

You just feel healthy eating this colourful dish, full of textures and plenty of bite. If you can’t find black quinoa, substitute with regular white quinoa. SERVES 4 Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes • 1 large onion, sliced • 1 head of broccoli, cut into florets • 2 cloves of garlic, sliced • 200g/8oz firm tofu •…

Broccoli in 60 days!

13th March 2017 Tony Flanagan Blog

This broccoli raab has been doing well in the polytunnel and is now coming thick and fast. I planted it in the autumn and have been picking it over the last few weeks. The great thing about it is that it can take as little as 60 days from sowing to harvesting. Some are coming into flower as fast as…

Sprouting broccoli with Stilton and garlic breadcrumbs

3rd March 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

Now that the sprouting season is well underway, ring the changes with this recipe, which reworks the broccoli-and-Stilton soup. Now that the sprouting season is well underway, ring the changes with this recipe, which reworks the broccoli-and-Stilton soup pairing as a side dish. Ingredients (serves 2) 15g (½oz) butter 1 large clove garlic, peeled and crushed 25g (1oz) stale white…

Bean sprout and sweet corn soup

10th February 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

This is a recipe that I use throughout spring and summer, adapting it to what’s in season: sprouting broccoli, asparagus, mangetout, French beans… Until then, here’s a winter version using bean sprouts, which you can harvest from your window-sill within a week – whatever the weather. Ingredients (serves 2) 15g (½oz) butter 1 small onion, peeled, halved and sliced 600ml…

Migrant moths threaten Brassica crops.

1st July 2016 Steve Ott News

Population surges of diamondback moths happen periodically, but the last time such high numbers were recorded was in 1996. Scientists are warning that brassica crops could be devastated by record numbers of moths arriving from mainland Europe. Tens of millions of diamondback moths are thought to have come to the UK in early June – 100 times the number that…