Steve Ott
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Apple of Your Eye Pie
A definitive recipe for the perfect apple pie with scrumptious South African Golden Delicious & Granny Smith apples for a fabulous flavour. Preparation: 30 minutes | Cooking: 30 minutes Serves: 6 For the pastry: 350g plain white flour Pinch of…
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Is everything in your garden rosy?
This week 27 March – 2 April 2017 is Invasive Non-Native Species Week. Check out what you have growing in your garden The GB Non-Native Species Secretatiat (NNSS) are keen to promote awareness of the non-native plant species that might…
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Marvin the Marrow
Musings of a marrow from seed to fruit Watch out for the soon to be sown Marvin the Marrow. From the first week of April do return here to follow his progress from small seed to vegetative adolescence and mammoth…
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BROCCOLI & KALE SOUP WITH A PARMESAN CRISP
This is a great soup to make if you have leftover broccoli, or other green vegetables lurking in the bottom of your fridge. Serve it with a parmesan crisp to make it a little more special. SERVES 6 Preparation time:…
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SALMON & BEETROOT TOAST
Inspired by the Scandinavian combination beetroot & salmon, this delicious recipe can be served as a starter or as part of a bigger spread. SERVES 6 Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes • 200g/8oz smoked salmon •…
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Tiger Nuts
Super Foods Packed with Goodness! Dobies are delighted to launch a plant that truly deserves the title of heritage! Cultivated for over 4,000 years and much favoured by the Egyptians, ‘Tiger Nuts’ as they are known, are meeting the growing…
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Raspberry Yummy
A brand new variety of raspberry that has it all. Another exciting new launch from Suttons for 2017 Raspberry Yummy is a dwarf and compact variety that is incredibly easy to grow. Producing fruit in the first year you won’t…
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Growing up
Blogger and seed saving enthusiast Beryl Randall explains why, when it comes to saving space on the plot, the only way is up For me, March and April are the months when I start thinking about structures. With an overflowing…
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World exclusive new dwarf Mulberry Bush
This unique, truly dwarf variety will fruit from an early age and produces fruit on old and new wood, giving an extended production period. Announcing a World Exclusive! This smaller, compact variety has a long flowering and fruiting season and…
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Celebrities back national campaign to support community farms & gardens
Search is on for ‘Local Heroes’ to support their local community growing groups As the first day of spring approaches (on March 20, 2017), people across the UK are being urged to become ‘Local Heroes’ by taking action to support…
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A night with nature’s concert
Nature’s most celebrated singers will be performing almost 100 ‘concerts’ in the UK’s first “National Nightingale Festival” this April & May Hearing a nightingale should be on everyone’s bucket list. It is the bird that inspired writers and poets from…
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BEAUTIFUL CORNISH GARDENS GET SET FOR BLOOMING MARVELLOUS SPRING
The head gardener at one of Cornwall’s most beautiful attractions believes visitors can expect one of their best-ever Spring floral displays Thanks to the mild Winter there appears to be huge numbers of Magnolia blooms just waiting to burst into…
