Steve Ott

  • Improve your mood, sow some food

    Improve your mood, sow some food

    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…

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  • Five other things

    Five other things

    A new daily email campaign has been launched, providing inspiration and ideas for people in this time of isolation This idea has been launched by long-time friends Hannah and Ellen Mary. Hannah, owner of Bobo Stitch, sells cross stitching kits…

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  • RSPB’s Breakfast Birdwatch

    RSPB’s Breakfast Birdwatch

    Something to get your day started….the kids might enjoy it too The RSPB has begun a daily Breakfast Birdwatch, taking place between 8-9am weekdays, at a time when many of us would have been commuting to work, doing the school…

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  • Beat the boredom with these fantastic gardening products!

    Beat the boredom with these fantastic gardening products!

    A lot of us may be confined to our homes for now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t beat the boredom with these fantastic gardening products… Dovetail Greenhouses Price: Varied From their workshop in Staffordshire, Dovetail Greenhouses specialise in designing…

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  • Podcast 76: Cleaning and Weeding Paths and Patios

    Podcast 76: Cleaning and Weeding Paths and Patios

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. This week, Tony, Steve and Emma discuss how to best maintain and weed your paths and patios. They also discuss alternative materials you could…

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  • Can’t get to the shops? Read your favourite magazine on any device!

    Can’t get to the shops? Read your favourite magazine on any device!

    Stuck indoors and can’t pick up your favourite magazine? No problem! Thanks to these unmissable offers on a digital subscription, you can enjoy instant access to Britain’s most popular lifestyle magazines on your phone, PC, or tablet! Subscribe today and…

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  • April issue of Kitchen Garden out now!

    April issue of Kitchen Garden out now!

    Mmm… delicious strawberries grace the cover of the latest issue, which indicates that summer is well and truly on the way! We’ve had some wet and windy weather to contend with but at last we’re into March, and the days…

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  • Video: How to Tell if Your Soil is Ready for Sowing

    Video: How to Tell if Your Soil is Ready for Sowing

    Steve takes you through the vital signs to look out for to check if your soil is ready for sowing. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Plant your mum a beautiful basket

    Plant your mum a beautiful basket

    Spend time with your little ones this Mother’s Day weekend at Squire’s Garden Centres ‘Create & Grow’ event Event: Mother’s Day Planting Weekend Dates: Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd March 2020 Times: 9.30am-3.30pm (Fri & Sat) & 10.30am-3.30pm (Sun) Locations:…

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  • Podcast 74: Spring is in the Air

    Podcast 74: Spring is in the Air

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. Thanks for downloading episode 74 of the Kitchen Garden podcast. Join Steve, Emma and Tony as they try and figure out when spring actually…

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  • New UN research highlights bee friendly nations

    New UN research highlights bee friendly nations

    New data reveals which countries are performing well and which are not in the race to save our honey bees Ethical online florist Arena Flowers has looked at new UN data to discover which countries around the world have seen…

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  • Mudketeer’s diary- 20th February 2020

    Mudketeer’s diary- 20th February 2020

    Chitting potatoes I have just bought my seed potatoes. I bought first earlies ‘Foremost’, second earlies ‘Charlotte’ and some main crop ‘Pink Fir Apple’. I have put them in seed trays and placed in athe greenhouse to encourage the chits,…

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