Steve Ott
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Catch that buzz!
Welcome to the September Subs Club, just for Kitchen Garden subscribers. Part one focuses on bugs, birds, brew days, boots… and Brexit! Urban Buzz Leicester reaches halfway mark In celebration of Urban Buzz Leicester, the local authority’s parks department has…
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Understanding Garden Irrigation Systems
For the uninitiated, getting started with garden irrigation can be daunting and confusing With so much information out there claiming to have all the answers, understanding how to use it to care for your plants can be difficult. So how…
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Young people’s links with nature go under the microscope
Students take mental and physical well-being into their own hands by investigating the effects of nature The Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS), which is supported by Wellcome, has launched Well World, a new project that enables students to explore…
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Organic your September!
The UK’s biggest celebration of all things organic has started Organic September, organised each year by the Soil Association, aims to encourage everyone to be more organic. Whether that means making over your diet or just making one small change…
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Giving hope through organic growing
A food growing project launched two years ago by Garden Organic is now bearing fruit In 2016, Garden Organic launched an inspirational new project in the London Borough of Southwark. Funded by the Hirschmann Foundation, it set out to train…
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2018 declared UK’s joint hottest summer
UK temperature data confirms a four-way tie After assessing UK temperature data for summer 2018 and comparing it with previous records, the Met Office has decreed that the figures are so close that the result is a four-way tie. This…
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Bees ‘get hooked’ on neonicotinoids
A new study has shown that bumblebees acquire a taste for pesticide-laced food – a behaviour showing possible symptoms of addiction A team from Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London showed that while bees initially avoid neonicotinoid-treated…
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Forest habitats for butterflies
With the dramatic difference in the weather compared to last summer, indications are that this has been a good year for butterflies In early August, Forestry Commission and Forest Holidays staff teamed up to support the nationwide Big Butterfly Count…
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Growing on the web
KG’s Olivia Peace chats to top gardening bloggers from the world-wide web. This month she meets Louise Houghton Louise Houghton has been blogging since 2015 Louise is a stay-at-home mum to her two not-so-little boys. She’s learning Welsh, she’s 50…
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Worms you don’t want
The invasive New Zealand flatworm is entrenched in the north of the country, and slithering south. Gaby Bartai talks to the research team who are on its track By the time you find your first New Zealand flatworm, it’s too…
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To bee or not to bee…
This isn’t ‘much ado about nothing’… the bee population is vital for the future of the planet, say nature campaigners There really is no question about it, bees are one of the most vital components of the eco-system and in…
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Bring the harvest home
Editor Steve Ott welcomes you to the October issue and outlines what’s ‘in store’ for the forthcoming weeks What’s new?: Emma, Steve and Tony give a garden update Also in the October issue – Steve Neal heads to London to…
