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Video: Winter Care of Your Soil

5th November 2018 Steve Ott Video

Steve takes you through the best ways to care for your soil in the winter! The products shown in the video can help ensure your soil has all the nutrients, plus they work for the no dig method too. For more gardening videos, visit our YouTube channel at the link below.…

Video: Daucus’ Halloween Hijinks

31st October 2018 Steve Ott Video

This Halloween, Daucus is back making trouble in the Kitchen Garden plot! Daucus plays a game of ten pin bowling with the pumpkin and butternut squashes. If you like the video, why not try this game for yourself? Grow a pumpkin and squashes and create a fun game for the family. For more gardening videos, visit our YouTube channel at…

This month in Kitchen Garden

27th May 2016 Pauline Hawkins Latest issue

Take a look at what’s in the latest issue – July 2016 – plus what you can expect online and in our interactive digital magazine! A message from Steve Ott… The growing season is in full swing and we can make the most of those long summer days; take time to sit back and relax and watch the plants grow…

Pickled Rainbow Chard

18th April 2016 Steve Ott Blog, Recipes

Magical chard stems have just as much flavour as the leaves. Lucy Burton shares her recipe for pickled rainbow stems Luscious, sturdy chard is a staple of many vegetable patches. Adaptable to a range of soil acidities and resilient to winters’ frost, chard flourishes throughout the year, and does not have a set season of bloom. Instead, most plants yield…

Asparagus and Wild Garlic Frittata

30th March 2016 Steve Ott Blog, Recipes

As British asparagus season dawns, Lucy Burton shares her recipe for frittata success, and a quick and easy lunch to boot Delicate asparagus, in its luscious green glory, likes to keep us guessing. Unlike the more reliable staples of the vegetable patch, the start of asparagus season can be a little unpredictable, although early crops tend to appear in late…

Spring spectacular at beautiful Batsford Arboretum

22nd March 2016 Steve Ott News

Batsford Arboretum is living proof it’s not just for autumn – it’s in the spring the wild garden really comes into its own. The Fuji cherries – a mountain variety of Japanese cherry – kick-start the blossom displays from late March alongside the stunning displays of 73 different varieties of Magnolia, weather permitting. The wow factor arrives from early April…

Ornamental Onion: Flower Bulb Of The Year

8th March 2016 Steve Ott News

Did you know that onions aren’t just good to eat but that the ornamental ones are pretty as well? The large onion family has established itself not only in the kitchen. Some of them – the ornamental onions – are impressive features in the garden. The Origins Of Ornamental Onions Ornamental onions are endemic to Europe, Asia and the Middle…