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Tales from the Veg Patch

Step into the garden for 15 minutes of rural tranquillity with award-winning food writer, cook and veg grower, Kathy Slack, and her uplifting stories and essays about growing food, the healing powers of gardening and recipes to reconnect you with nature.


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  • 18. Series Finale - The Promise of Autumn

    13:01||Ep. 18
    It might be the end of the series, but it’s not the end of the growing season. So this week, things to look forward to in the autumn veg patch, plus some jobs to get done and recipes for the coming chill.Find the green tomato chutney recipe here:https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/04/nigel-slater-green-tomato-recipesAnd for the roast cauliflower soup with kale and walnut pesto which Kathy's talks through:https://www.kathyslack.com/blog/cauliflower-soup-kale-pestoKeep in touch with Kathy until series 2 begins:kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttony

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  • 17. Autumn Unbuyables

    17:17||Ep. 17
    Unbuyables – the class of produce only a grower has access to – are especially bountiful in early Autumn and none is more exciting than the imminent winter squash harvest. So this week, pumpkins – how to go them and what to cook with them. You can find all the recipes Kathy mentions in her cookbook, From the Veg Patch.Find the pumpkin tikka masala recipe here: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-tikka-masala-with-flatbreads/Keep in touch with Kathy:kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttony 

  • 16. Courgettes: A blissful tyranny

    13:32||Ep. 16
    It’s August so the courgette glut helpline is open and ringing off the hook. Kathy has plenty of ideas for your courgettes, plus an essay on the joys and tyranny of the bounty. This is an extract from Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch, where you’ll find all the recipes mentioned. For more info on the upcoming events Kathy mentions:https://www.daylesford.com/shop/events/cookery-school/market-garden-gather-and-cook-3https://thebigfeastival.com/chef-line-upKeep in touch with Kathy:kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttony

  • 15. The cacophony of silence

    12:40||Ep. 15
    This week, silence. Kathy goes on a silent nature retreat and, sitting in the kitchen garden at the retreat, discovers that silence, at least in nature, is not silent at all.The retreat was at The Sharpham Trust: https://www.sharphamtrust.org.For more tales about growing and cooking, see Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch,Keep in touch with Kathy:kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttonySee you next week!

  • 14. Goings on in the garden

    13:01||Ep. 14
    This week: lists. Not a 'To Do' list as such, but a list of things to look out for, enjoy and, yes, get done, in the garden at the end of July and into August. Plus, a super simple courgette and lime cake recipe.Find the courgette and lime cake recipe in this episode here: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/courgette-cake-with-lime-buttercream/Plus more recipes for your harvests in Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch.Keep in touch with Kathy:kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttony

  • 13. In hope of reincarnation as a bean

    15:49||Ep. 13
    Deep philosophical questions this week as Kathy ponders life as a broad bean. Plus, more usefully perhaps, tips for your bean harvest from simple vinaigrettes to chicken meatballs and bean stew.This is an extract from Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch, where you’ll find all the recipes mentioned. Keep in touch with Kathy (when she's back from holiday!):kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttony

  • 12. July Bounty

    13:34||Ep. 12
    Kathy returns from holiday to a jungle of a veg patch. So, this week's episode is a bit of everything, which is just what the patch is offering now too: what to plant and harvest now, plus plenty of ideas and recipes for your pickings, notably cucumber and gin sorbet and a strawberry ice-cream recipe which are, frankly, a necessity right now. Cucumber and gin sorbet recipe: https://boroughmarket.org.uk/recipes/cucumber-gin-sorbet/No-churn strawberry and rose ice-cream recipe: https://www.kathyslack.com/blog/strawberry-rose-ice-creamPlus more recipes for your harvests in Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch, Keep in touch with Kathy:kathyslack.cominstagram.com/gluts_gluttonytwitter.com/gluts_gluttony