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Strawberry, Cucumber & Feta Salad

24th May 2016 Steve Ott Recipes

Fresh and perfect for a summer lunch or barbecue, this colourful salad looks great at the centre of the table… SERVES4 • 1 medium cucumber • 200g strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced • 100g feta • A bunch of grapes, sliced in half • ½ lemon, juice of • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil • Small bunch fresh mint,…

Cucumber Tzatziki

11th May 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

Tzatziki is a famously garlicky yoghurt dip from Greece. It’s commonly eaten as a sauce on pitta or a dip for vegetables. SERVES 4 • 1 cucumber • 1 garlic clove, minced • 1 small bunch dill, chopped • 500ml full-fat Greek yoghurt • 1½ tablespoons white wine vinegar • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 tsp salt • Fresh…

Cucumber Lemonade

9th May 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

A refreshing summer drink using home-grown cucumbers and mint. SERVES 4 • 100g (3½oz) granulated sugar • 250ml (9fl oz) water • 250ml (9fl oz) freshly squeezed lemon juice • 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced • 1 handful mint leaves 1. In a small pan, combine sugar and half of the water. Bring to a boil until the sugar dissolves.…

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,…

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…

Quick growing tips

20th May 2015 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

Joyce Russell shares some of her top growing tips for May… It’s worth making a second sowing of anything that failed from an earlier one. On the other hand, it will save valuable growing time if you can find young plants to buy in instead. Look for strong, healthy growth and try not to import any problems. Sow in situ…

Veg plot in a bag

21st April 2015 Emma Rawlings Tips and Advice

There is one product that has opened up the world of cultivating veg like no other and that’s the growing bag. One of the best inventions ever for gardeners has to be the growing bag and whatever size of plot you have the growing bag has a place. They are most often used in greenhouses to grow tomatoes and cucumbers,…

Jobs for the month: March 2015

27th February 2015 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

Sue Stickland brings you the essential tasks for the month in the polytunnel and greenhouse and offers her top tips for early sowings and harvests. Poor germination? If seedlings emerge in patches – or not at all – the temptation is to blame the seed, but in reality poor conditions or pests are equally likely to be culprits. Slugs can…