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What to plant, harvest and cook in December with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, guides us through what to plant and harvest in December, and what to cook with leeks.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in November with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, guides us through what to plant and harvest in November, and what to cook with kale.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in October with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, guides us through what to plant and harvest in October, and what to make with the star of the autumn harvest, pumpkin.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in September with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, is back to guide us through what to plant and harvest in September, and what to make with home-grown tomatoes.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in August with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, is back to guide us through what to plant, harvest and make with home-grown runner beans.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in July with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen garden expert, Kathy Slack, is back to guide us through what to plant, harvest and make with a courgette glut.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in June with Kathy Slack

Our resident kitchen gardening expert returns to advise us on what to get growing in June and what to make with a broad bean harvest.

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Cook from the Book: From the Veg Patch

Our volunteer home cooks try their hands at some plant-focused recipes from Kathy Slack’s brand new book, From the Veg Patch.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in May with Kathy Slack

It’s one of Kathy’s favourite times in the patch; a time to sow pretty much everything and see results every day. Here she shares her advice on what to plant now and what to make with a chard harvest.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in April with Kathy Slack

It’s April and things are getting busy for kitchen gardeners. Kathy Slack gives us the low down on what to sow now, from beets to beans, and how to make the most of the revered British asparagus season.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in March with Kathy Slack

In the March instalment of her monthly column, kitchen gardener Kathy Slack gets us ready for an Easter weekend seed sowing spree and shares three recipes for a kale harvest.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in February with Kathy Slack

Author Kathy Slack teaches us what to plant, harvest and cook in February. From planting aubergines and choosing the right seeds for a first-time tomato grower to what to cook with forced rhubarb, there’s plenty to be be getting on with this month.

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