Steve Ott
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Pea Sprout & Parsley Risotto
Try this simple recipe using your own home-grown pea sprouts at any time of year! Pea sprouts – expensively available from the better supermarkets – are extremely easy to grow; just sow the seed thickly in a tray, put it…
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Sprouting Seed Packets
Old seeds prove they are not past their sow by date Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill’s prides itself on the quality of its seeds – though not, normally, to the extent of running germination trials on unopened, out-of-date packets. Perhaps it…
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New Microgreens To Try
The selection of fast-growing microgreens just got even bigger with these new introductions for 2016 If your forward planning for spring 2016 wasn’t all it might have been, seedling salad crops offer a quick way of closing the ‘hungry gap’.…
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Grow Heathrow Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
The squatted community garden in Sipson, West London celebrates it’s sixth anniversary over the weekend of March 4-6 Grow Heathrow, the squatted community garden in Sipson, West London, which occupies land threatened by plans for a third airport runway, was…
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Keep Nest Boxes Simple
Wildlife charity warns against novelty nest boxes for garden birds If you’re planning to put up a nest box in time for the bird breeding season, the RSPB has a message for you: please keep it simple. A basic wooden…
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Cherry Blossom Ice Cream
There are few sights more cheering than the first blossom of Spring. Lucy Burton shares her tips for baking with these delicate flowers March brings with it the start of Spring, the end of Lent, and a glimmer of warmer…
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Video How-To Guide – Sowing Chillies
Jobs for the month: February. The chilli pepper has seen an incredible leap in its fan base over the past few years. Watch as Kitchen Garden’s very own Emma walks you through a step-by-step of sowing chillies.
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Planting potatoes in pots
Video: Watch as Steve takes you through how to grow great potatoes in pots this year.
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Planting garlic
Video: Watch as Kitchen Garden editor Steve talks you through the planting process. Garlic grows best when it has a period of cold weather, so if you didn’t get around to planting last autumn you can plant now, if your soil…
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Who says children don’t eat their greens?
Last chance to enter UK’s Young Pea Chef of the Year 2016 Following the announcement this week that a quarter of children in England are now eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day*, the Young Pea Chef of…
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National Trust puts cider apples at its core
An important collection of cider apples, with almost 300 varieties, has been given to the National Trust to help secure its future… Slack-ma-Girdle, Netherton Late Blower and Billy Down Pippin are just three of the apple varieties in the ‘National…
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Unusual veg you can grow in your allotment
While growing the tried-and-tested fruit and vegetables on your allotment can be a rewarding experience, many gardeners want to branch out.. While growing the tried-and-tested fruit and vegetables on your allotment can be a rewarding experience, many gardeners want to…
