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Podcast 24: A look through the September issue

15th August 2017 Steve Ott Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. In episode 24 of the Kitchen Garden podcast, Steve, Emma and Tony have a browse through the September issue (in the shops now). Topics include new kales, heritage lettuce, green manure and how to grow mushrooms.…

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 •…

MUSHROOM & GOATS CHEESE RISOTTO

1st August 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

With apple, kale and mushroom on the menu, this month promises to be a tasty one thanks to Anna’s latest medley of culinary marvels I hadn’t really discovered the joys of growing your own mushrooms until I was gifted a mushroom growing kit. Make your own mushroom risotto from scratch with this recipe! SERVES 4 | Preparation time: 20 minutes…

Edibles contained

6th July 2017 Steve Ott News

One of the most ornamental displays in the Floral Marquee at Gardening Scotland was entirely edible. Brighter Blooms is based outside Preston and its main speciality is calla lilies – but for its Scottish outing the nursery chose to showcase its other speciality, baby leaf salads. Its picture-perfect planters contained everything from coriander to kale, closely sown for cutting at…

Getting the best from your vegetables

28th June 2017 Steve Ott Advertising Features, Reviews, Tips and Advice

Feed, water, harvest bumper crops. Growing vegetables in your garden is so rewarding, but only if you give them what they need while they are growing. Even if your soil is fertile, growing and harvesting vegetables takes nutrients from the soil. It is up to you to make sure there are plenty there at the start of the season, and…

SRUC’s WW1 allotment goes to The Highland Show

19th June 2017 Steve Ott News

The Oatridge Campus of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) WW1 allotment project will be showcased at this year’s Royal Highland Show within the Countryside Cottage demonstration area. The allotment is part of a collaborative project between SRUC Agriculture and Horticulture staff, students, SASA (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture) and the Royal Highland Society. This year’s display finds its roots in…

A new home and era for the UK’s biggest and only dedicated flower market

3rd April 2017 Steve Ott News

Historic move for New Covent Garden’s Flower Market after 43 years On Monday 3rd April, the Flower Market at New Covent Garden Market – the UK’s biggest, specialist flower and plant hall – is headed for a new home. Remaining in Nine Elms, in the heart of London, it will relocate half a mile down Nine Elms Lane from its…

Mudketeers diary -March 27th 2017

27th March 2017 Emma Rawlings Blog

Hail the kale I sowed some ‘Nero di Toscana’ kale late last summer and planted about five tiny young plants in a large pot filled with multi-purpose compost. I placed the pot in a greenhouse overwinter and the plants sat and sat and sat and did nothing. They hardly grew. Suddenly, almost overnight, they are large enough to harvest some…

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…

VIDEO: Potato & Kale Hash

13th February 2017 Steve Ott Blog, Recipes, Video

There’s making a hash of it and making a hash. This month, the Three Mudketeers opted for the latter. Digging into Steve’s culinary repertoire, this month the team make a potato and kale hash, straight from the plot to the pot! For more great videos from the Kitchen Garden team, check out our YouTube channel!…

A SHOT IN THE ARM

19th January 2017 Steve Ott Blog

KG editor, Steve Ott ventures out into a cold garden to tackle the worst job of all – tidying the potting shed – and finds some surprises It’s the time of year that many gardening Brits find so difficult – myself included. Festivities over, weather wet, grey and chilly, the garden still in a state of suspended animation. Well perhaps.…

Discover the National Trust’s top gardens for spring

16th January 2017 Steve Ott News

As the days get longer and winter starts to fade, spring arrives in fresh bursts of colour and new life. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/our-best-spring-gardens From the carpets of delicate spring bulbs at Greenway in Devon to the clouds of orchard blossom at Sizergh in Cumbria, a stroll in a National Trust garden is sure to dazzle and amaze. It’s also a great time…

Butternut Squash Lasange

4th October 2016 Steve Ott Recipes

Creamy, sweet and savoury, this is a comfort food that will warm you up on a cold winter night. SERVES 4 Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 50 minutes • 2 tbsp olive oil • 1 large butternut squash • 1 tsp sea salt • Large knob of butter • A large bunch of sage • 3 cloves of garlic,…

Find your own National Trust winter wonderland

3rd October 2016 Steve Ott Features

Here’s a selection of some of the great places just waiting to be discovered during the cold winter months: There’s nothing better on a crisp winter’s morning than venturing outdoors to explore frosty landscapes and spot winter wildlife. From spectacular landscapes and peaceful parklands to exotic colour with rich scents, National Trust gardeners and volunteers have been working hard to…