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New issue, new seeds!

1st May 2020 Steve Ott News

With every new issue of Kitchen Garden magazine we offer all our subscribers a great selection of FREE seeds. This month’s issue comes with Rocket Salad, Marvel of Four Seasons and Radish, so here’s a quick growing guide to help you get started with your new seeds… Rocket Salad Rocket is a go-to leaf for adding a touch of spice…

Improve your mood, sow some food

26th March 2020 Steve Ott Tips and Advice

It is difficult right now if you are confined to your home so why not start growing your own food. It’s a great stress-buster In these uncertain times a lot of people are having a strong desire to grow their own fruit and veg. There is no better way to nurture your soul than getting your hands in the soil…

Video: How to use Seed Mats

3rd February 2020 Steve Ott Video

Steve takes you through how to use seed mats and the benefits they bring. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine…

Video: How to Sow Radish

9th May 2019 Steve Ott Video

Learn how to sow radish in this handy video! In this video, you will learn how to go about sowing Radish. Steve gives you all the information you need to know and the best tips for success. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below:…

Mudketeers diary- 17th April 2019

17th April 2019 Steve Ott Blog

Eggbox growing I decided to experiment this year with starting seedlings off in egg boxes. I bought 50 of them off Ebay and they worked out at 12p each. To give greater depth to the container I closed the box and then cut out the top. I half filled the egg box with compost and dropped a seed in each…

Podcast 46: The future of seeds (Post-Brexit)

15th January 2019 Rachel Atkins Podcast

The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. We try to reduce ‘vegetable miles’ by growing our own and buying locally, but often forget that their journey actually starts with the seeds. Hardly any of the vegetable seeds sold to UK gardeners and growers are produced in this country. Similarly, other products…

Mudketeers diary -April 25th 2018

25th April 2018 Steve Ott Blog

Tomatoes on the move The young ‘Sungold’ tomato seedlings are being split up and planted into individual 9cm pots filled with multi-purpose compost. I am keeping them in the greenhouse (unheated). It is a bit risky if we suddenly have some very cold temperatures but I think they will be okay. If we do get frosts I will have to…

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…

Seven most curious bygone gardening tools

10th January 2018 Steve Ott News

The shovel has been around forever – but which tools have ceased to become used on a wide scale. A list has been compiled of the seven essential gardening tools that are rarely used nowadays. Experts at online retailer GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk studied the long history of gardening, dating back to the middle ages, to find out the main tools that have…

Finger-licking peppers

21st February 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Sowing seeds can be fiddly at the best of times. Chilli and sweet pepper seedlings aren’t too bad but even so I still find them tricky. What I find easiest is to lick my forefinger and then press gently on the seed. It seems to stick and then I can then transport it to the compost. A little movement over…

Leggy tomato seedlings?

17th February 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Oops. Wasn’t expecting that. Sowed some tomato seeds last Sunday, by Wednesday they were shooting upwards thanks to the heated propagator. Forgot to put the grow lights on so consequently they were looking a bit leggy. Not a problem if you get leggy tomato seedlings. Just loosen the compost around the roots with a widger or similar, lift out by…

Who needs a seed tray?

14th February 2017 Tony Flanagan Tips and Advice

Within reason you can grow anything in just about anything. I tend to keep the plastic cartons that come with tomatoes and use them instead of seed trays – they have ready-made holes for a start and, as the seeds emerge, they allow in plenty of light. So here are some ‘Costoluto Fiorentino’ tomato seeds I sowed last Sunday. They…

VIDEO: Sowing Sweetcorn in Rootrainers

16th April 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice, Video

Soil temperature might still be too cold for sowing outside, so why not use rootrainers and germinate them in a greenhouse in mid-April? Thank you to Crowders.co.uk for supplying us with these great Haxnicks Rootrainers for filming! You can purchase their Deep Rootrainers and Rapid Rootrainers for just £7.99 via their website now. …