Steve Ott

  • School kids kick start healthy holidays with some gardening

    School kids kick start healthy holidays with some gardening

    Southern Housing Group’s Community Connectors organised a “school breakout fun day” for residents and neighbours of Bunker’s Hill A group of local schoolchildren, many of whom live in Bunker’s Hill, which is managed by Southern Housing Group, decided to do…

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  • Video: An Update on Potato Planters

    Video: An Update on Potato Planters

    An update on how the potato planters, that the team reviewed earlier in the year, have been doing. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • September issue out now!

    September issue out now!

    As we bake in soaring temperatures, gardens and allotments are bursting into a riot of colour and preparing to deliver heavenly harvests. September marks the start of autumn in the UK and with it the start of the main harvesting…

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  • Dorset School Wins Countrywide Gardening Competition

    Dorset School Wins Countrywide Gardening Competition

    Hazelbury Bryan Primary School in Dorset, are the winners of this year’s Wilkinson Sword and Town & Country Gardening for Schools Campaign The competition invited schools from across the nation to design a fruit and vegetable garden for a prize…

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  • Video: Netting for your Garden on a Budget

    Video: Netting for your Garden on a Budget

    A handy tip for how you can create netting in your garden on a budget. For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • Effectively maintaining your lawn mower

    Effectively maintaining your lawn mower

    You will have been cutting your lawn regularly for some months now, the regular downpours having kept it growing apace. How did your mower fare? If you are a seasoned gardener, you’ll know the importance of effective maintenance. It may…

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  • Video: An Introduction to Melon Cucumbers

    Video: An Introduction to Melon Cucumbers

    Steve tries growing something new, Melon Cucumbers! For more videos, visit the Kitchen Garden YouTube channel at the link below: www.youtube.com/kitchengardenmagazine

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  • More Pineapple Success at The Lost Gardens of Heligan

    More Pineapple Success at The Lost Gardens of Heligan

    Seasonally out of sync – and two and a half years late – but first Smooth Cayenne pineapple, (in two years), fruits at Heligan The Productive Garden Team at The Lost Gardens of Heligan enjoyed a very rare opportunity this…

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  • Podcast 58: Gardening in the summer months

    Podcast 58: Gardening in the summer months

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. In episode 58 of the Kitchen Garden Podcast, join the team on a hot summer’s afternoon as they talk about the luxuries of gardening…

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  • August issue on sale now!

    August issue on sale now!

    Don’t miss your latest sizzling summer selection of fab features designed to give you the most fun, enjoyment and produce from your plot! KG editor Steve Ott, pictured below, says: “In this issue we have some great features to ensure…

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  • INTERNATIONAL MUD DAY!

    INTERNATIONAL MUD DAY!

    Saturday 29th June 2019 is International Mud Day – the perfect excuse for you and your children to get outside and get dirty! It is vital that children, like all of us, have regular contact with nature, with proven benefits…

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  • Do these Slug Control Methods Actually Work?

    Do these Slug Control Methods Actually Work?

    With an incredibly wet start to summer this year, there couldn’t be a more pressing time for gardeners to think about slug control. Just as the season is heading towards its peak and your garden is filled with fresh and…

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