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Hanging veg gardens

24th April 2020 Shannon Butcher Tips and Advice

It is possible to grow an increasing range of tasty vegetables and herbs in hanging baskets, here are some top tips to get you started. Edible crops for baskets Tomatoes –the trailing bush types. Dwarf French beans. Lettuce. Salad leaves such as rocket, mizuna and corn salad. Nasturtiums for colour but are edible too. Herbs including parsley, chives, basil, mint,…

KALE & HERB CRÊPES WITH A CHEESE SAUCE

15th August 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

This dish is great to serve for lunch or for dinner with some green beans on the side. It’s great to have various recipes on hand to spice up your home-grown kale. SERVES 2 | Preparation time: 30 minutes | Cooking time: 30 minutes FOR THE CRÊPES • 25g/1oz butter, melted • 25g/1oz plain flour • 225ml/8fl oz milk •…

Companion Planting

14th August 2017 Steve Ott News

Top tips for growing complementary seasonal produce from The Greenhouse People There’s nothing better than growing your own organic fruit and veg. National Allotments Week (14 – 20th August) seems like the perfect time to look at the ways we gardeners can grow tasty seasonal produce all year round. Friend or foe? ‘Companion planting’ is key to making the most…

Herb Butter Hasselback Potatoes

26th October 2016 Steve Ott Recipes

Bring a little Nordic charm to your Christmas table with these tasty Swedish potatoes. Smother them in herb butter for a sure crowd pleaser over the festive period. They make a great alternative to a roasted spud. SERVES 4 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes • 12 medium potatoes • 2 tbsp olive oil • 60g/2oz butter, melted…

Lettuce & Spinach Soup

1st July 2016 Steve Ott Recipes

by Gaby Bartai My verdict on lettuce in soup: yes, but it needs company. Lettuce on its own produces altogether too mild a flavour, but to my taste, an all-spinach soup is just too green for its own good. Half and half makes a happy marriage – while providing a good use for any lettuce that is threatening to bolt. Ingredients…

Tender Asparagus Scrambled Eggs

15th April 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

Add seasonal asparagus to your brunch menu for something a little special. SERVES 4 • A knob of butter • 8 eggs, lightly beaten • 1 tsp chopped fresh curly parsley or chives • 4 slices of rustic bread, toasted and buttered • 12 asparagus, trimmed and blanched until just tender 1. Add the butter to a pan, pour in…

Why chives?

12th April 2016 Tony Flanagan Blog, Tips and Advice

Chives are not only great in the kitchen but they’re a truly beautiful herb when left to flower I do get impatient waiting for spring onions to mature so I tend to use chives in salads instead. They’re easy to cultivate and, as a perennial herb, they’re there for cutting year on year. If you have a herb patch, the…

New Microgreens To Try

2nd March 2016 Steve Ott Reviews

The selection of fast-growing microgreens just got even bigger with these new introductions for 2016 If your forward planning for spring 2016 wasn’t all it might have been, seedling salad crops offer a quick way of closing the ‘hungry gap’. Alongside the wide range of leaf crops that you can grow as microgreens, there are some intriguing new contenders to…

Chives: Star of the Herb Garden

15th May 2015 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

We created a small herb garden last year. The first year it looked a bit sad but this year, with spring rain and warmth, it’s looking lush! But the star of the patch has got to be these chives. The flowers are so beautiful and what’s more, edible. In fact, last night we chopped them up and added them to…