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Celebrate Edible Britain for National Gardening Week 2019

12th February 2019 Steve Ott News

Encouraging everyone to grow-your-own is the theme of this year’s National Gardening Week (29 April–5 May 2019) The nation’s biggest celebration of gardening returns for 2019 from Monday 29 April to Sunday 5 May 2019 as the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) encourages everyone to get involved in grow-your-own. The theme for this year is Edible Britain, with the RHS calling…

Video: Salads You Can Grow Early

17th January 2019 Emma Rawlings Tips and Advice, Video

Emma shows you a selection of salads you can grow in these earlier months of the year For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine…

Popular deterrents slug it out – but to no avail

12th October 2018 Steve Ott News

Slimy pests still find ways to munch on our crops, the RHS discovers. Subs Club subscribers, read on… A study by the RHS has sadly found five popular remedies to be entirely ineffective in deterring slugs and snails. Copper tape, horticultural grit, pine bark mulch, wool pellets and eggshells were found to make no difference when applied around lettuces, with…

Time to slug it out…

14th June 2018 Steve Ott News

Gardeners’ favourite slug deterrents are in focus in the first Subs Club offering for June, specially for subscribers to Kitchen Garden. Home slug remedies get scientific trial Egg shells, copper tape and other home remedies traditionally used by gardeners to deter slugs and snails are being put to the test by the RHS this summer, in the first scientific experiment…

Pea shoot, lettuce and Cheshire cheese salad

24th April 2018 Steve Ott Recipes

Want something quick and tasty? Try this delicious home-grown early season salad Pea shoots and other microgreens can give you a harvest in less time than it takes for outdoor crops to germinate. Add an overwintered lettuce and you have a salad that tastes of summer. Ingredients (serves 2) 2 tbsp sunflower oil 1 tbsp cider or white wine vinegar…

Mudketeers diary-23rd March 2018

23rd March 2018 Steve Ott Blog

Let-tuce start sowing What a lovely morning to start sowing. The sun was out, the sky was blue and from the warm comfort of the greenhouse I could hear the birds singing their little hearts out. I could feel all pressures of life just drain away as I sowed some lettuce seed in cell trays…

Big ideas for small spaces

15th January 2018 Steve Ott News

Be creative in 2018 to make the most of the space you have, say The Greenhouse People… All hail the return of gardening to the ‘cool’ list. The nation is once again embracing gardening for reasons including decoration, wellness and sustainability. However, many of us think we lack the space to fulfil our green-fingered dreams. By 2030, its estimated 92%…

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.…

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…

Organic slug control proves itself

27th July 2017 Steve Ott News

Findings from the first year of an RHS study reveal that organic slug pellets perform just as well as synthetic ones. Interim results from the two-year study to identify more effective slug and snail controls show that organic pellets performed almost as well as the market-leading non-organic equivalent across a range of plants – and on hostas, they did better.…

CHILLI BEAN BURRITOS

29th June 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

These Tex-Mex burritos are delicious, filled with beans, rice and plenty of hot chilli. SERVES 6 Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes FILLING • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 small onion, finely chopped • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 medium green bell pepper, finely diced • 400g/14oz cooked pinto beans, black beans or kidney beans…

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…

SPRING SALAD WITH PEAS

25th April 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

Spring on a plate! Enjoy this season’s best vegetables in one big salad. SERVES 4 | Preparation Time: 20 minutes • 250-300g/8-9oz mixed leaves • ½ cucumber, thinly sliced • 2-3 radishes, thinly sliced • 75-100g/3-4oz fresh peas, blanched • 1 block feta, cut into cubes • 4-6 cherry tomatoes, halved VINAIGRETTE: • 2 tbsp mayomaise • 2 tsp wholegrain…

GRILLED PESTO CHICKEN SANDWICH WITH LETTUCE & AVOCADO

13th April 2017 Steve Ott Recipes

These sandwiches take no time to make and are great served still warm. Preparation time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 10 minutes MAKES 4 • 2 boneless chicken breast • 4 tbsp basil pesto • 4 buns or bagels • 75g/2½ oz soft goat cheese • 100g/3½ oz lettuce leaves, such as little gem • 2 tomatoes, cut into slices…