Steve Ott
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Retailers support vegetable promotion
Let’s eat more veg! KG Subs Club members can find out more about the Peas Please initiative to encourage us to be more healthy. Seven major retailers, who together make up 82.9% of the UK grocery market, have come together…
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Mr Fothergill turns 40
Happy birthday to one of the UK’s best-known seed companies! Latest news from the Subs Club, specially for Kitchen Garden subscribers. Founded in 1978, Mr Fothergill’s Seeds is the youngest of the ‘big-name’ seed companies – but this year it…
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‘Preferred partner’ announced for Ryton sale
Specially for Kitchen Garden subscribers, here’s the latest Subs Club news about the future of Ryton Organic Gardens. The latest in the acrimonious dispute about the potential sale of Ryton Organic Gardens is that Garden Organic has announced a preferred…
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Ladybirds swarm indoors after long, hot summer
Have you ‘spotted’ any of these little insects in your home? Read more in our article, exclusively for Subs Club members Having invaded the UK, the harlequin ladybird (pictured above) is now staging a takeover of our homes, according to…
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Glyphosate harms honey bees, says new study
For subscribers to Kitchen Garden only, this article outlines new research from the US. Top image: Texas bee research. Picture: Marc Airhart/University of Texas at Austin The world’s most widely used weedkiller may also be killing bees, according to new research.…
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Popular deterrents slug it out – but to no avail
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,…
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More Asian hornets spotted in England
Gardeners are urged to be vigilant. Subs Club subscribers can read more about this predator and how to report sightings. Fresh sightings: the Asian hornet. Picture: Stewart Gould/BBKA Six new sightings of Asian hornets were confirmed in September, and gardeners…
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Students encouraged to veg out
Can cook, will cook! Students are proving they can prepare more than just beans on toast… The University of Manchester welcomed 8000 new students last month with a gift of a night vegging out with their flatmates. In partnership with…
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Mudketeers diary -10th Oct 2018
Late bloomers My dahlias did not like the hot summer. They sat there doing nothing for ages. I think they were just waiting for cooler weather and now the display is lovely. This one is ‘Nicholas’. I am now hoping…
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November issue now on sale!
As autumn leaves fall, and thoughts turn to seasonal festivities, Kitchen Garden shows you how to make the most of the forthcoming weeks. Rob Smith takes a look at small veg plots and explains how you can make the most…
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GET READY FOR WINTER
Anna Williams from Jacksons Fencing has some advice on getting your garden ready for winter From late summer onwards, it’s time to start getting your garden winter ready. While high winds have the potential to cause immediate and dramatic damage,…
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Time to Poole your resources
A Dorset hospice is looking for dozens of gardeners to help raise funds to care for people with life-limiting illnesses. Lewis-Manning Hospice is seeking green-fingered fundraisers from Broadstone to Bournemouth, Sandbanks to Southbourne, Poole to Poundbury to participate in a…
