Kale

  • From the forum: Are black flies anything to worry about?

    From the forum: Are black flies anything to worry about?

    The Kitchen Garden Forum is a fun, thriving community of people like you. Each week we highlight a thread for further discussion. Forum user Colin2016 asks: Planted cabbage, broccoli cauliflower & kale in raised bed covered in white ground cover…

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  • KALE & AVOCADO TOAST WITH POACHED EGG

    KALE & AVOCADO TOAST WITH POACHED EGG

    This is a great brunch snack.Quick and easy to make and it tastes great too! Serves 2 | Preparation time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes • 1 tsp olive oil • 1 small bunch of kale, finely chopped…

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  • Podcast 24: A look through the September issue

    Podcast 24: A look through the September issue

    The Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast – packed full of hints, tips and advice from the team. In episode 24 of the Kitchen Garden podcast, Steve, Emma and Tony have a browse through the September issue (in the shops now). Topics…

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  • KALE & HERB CRÊPES WITH A CHEESE SAUCE

    KALE & HERB CRÊPES WITH A CHEESE SAUCE

    This dish is great to serve for lunch or for dinner with some green beans on the side.  It’s great to have various recipes on hand to spice up your home-grown kale. SERVES 2 | Preparation time: 30 minutes |…

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  • MUSHROOM & GOATS CHEESE RISOTTO

    MUSHROOM & GOATS CHEESE RISOTTO

    With apple, kale and mushroom on the menu, this month promises to be a tasty one thanks to Anna’s latest medley of culinary marvels I hadn’t really discovered the joys of growing your own mushrooms until I was gifted a…

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  • Edibles contained

    Edibles contained

    One of the most ornamental displays in the Floral Marquee at Gardening Scotland was entirely edible. Brighter Blooms is based outside Preston and its main speciality is calla lilies – but for its Scottish outing the nursery chose to showcase…

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  • Getting the best from your vegetables

    Getting the best from your vegetables

    Feed, water, harvest bumper crops. Growing vegetables in your garden is so rewarding, but only if you give them what they need while they are growing. Even if your soil is fertile, growing and harvesting vegetables takes nutrients from the…

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  • SRUC’s WW1 allotment goes to The Highland Show

    SRUC’s WW1 allotment goes to The Highland Show

    The Oatridge Campus of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) WW1 allotment project will be showcased at this year’s Royal Highland Show within the Countryside Cottage demonstration area. The allotment is part of a collaborative project between SRUC Agriculture and Horticulture staff,…

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  • A new home and era for the UK’s biggest and only dedicated flower market

    A new home and era for the UK’s biggest and only dedicated flower market

    Historic move for New Covent Garden’s Flower Market after 43 years On Monday 3rd April, the Flower Market at New Covent Garden Market – the UK’s biggest, specialist flower and plant hall – is headed for a new home. Remaining…

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  • Mudketeers diary -March 27th 2017

    Mudketeers diary -March 27th 2017

    Hail the kale I sowed some ‘Nero di Toscana’ kale late last summer and planted about five tiny young plants in a large pot filled with multi-purpose compost. I placed the pot in a greenhouse overwinter and the plants sat…

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  • BROCCOLI & KALE SOUP WITH A PARMESAN CRISP

    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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  • VIDEO: Potato & Kale Hash

    VIDEO: Potato & Kale Hash

    There’s making a hash of it and making a hash. This month, the Three Mudketeers opted for the latter. Digging into Steve’s culinary repertoire, this month the team make a potato and kale hash, straight from the plot to the…

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