Archive - Tales from the Veg Patch by Kathy Slack

HERO HARVEST #6: Tomatoes

Pull up a chair at the kitchen table for the first dispatch from the new plot in Wales, where we're celebrating with a tomato feast.

Aug 14 • Kathy Slack and Kirstie Young

PEAK SEASON SUPPERS #3: Summery berry tart

AUGUST. Bringing nowness to your dessert trolley. (Of course you have a dessert trolley...)

Aug 12

DIG IN: Courgette upside down tart

The courgette glut helpline is ringing off the hook, so here's a quick, easy recipe that makes light work of half a kilo of courgettes.

Aug 5

July 2026

My Fortnum's Seasonal Sundays Summer Menu: yours to cook

Everything from the feast table, written up and ready to go - a little extra perk by way of thank you

Jul 31

3 days in my new veg patch: no filter

Move over Monty. Gardeners' World never showed you THIS many weeds or this sweaty a gardener.

Jul 29 • Kathy Slack

15:02

DIG IN: Courgette & salsa verde bean stew

Summery. Quick. Filling. All you need after a hard day weeding and watering.

Jul 22

Come and see my new veg patch

JULY NEWS: A tour of the new patch; plus simple, joyful recipes for the summer bounty

Jul 17

DIG IN: Nectarine & thyme brioche toasties

Where the Venn diagram of breakfast and dessert overlaps deliciously.

Jul 15

PEAK SEASON SUPPERS #2: Courgette pesto soda bread & tomatoes

JULY. Putting nowness on your plate with a new take on pan con tomate

Jul 8

DIG IN: Roast hispi cabbage caesar

A recipe to celebrate the last harvest from the old patch. And first pickings from the new one...

Jul 1

June 2026

REPLAY - HERO HARVEST #5: Strawberries - BTS

Behind the scenes on the strawberry shoot. A relaxed chat about our creative process, how we come up with the recipes and prepare to capture them.

Jun 26 • Kathy Slack and Kirstie Young

9:54

REPLAY: Cookery Class - Stuff in tins salad

Join me in the (hot) greenhouse kitchen for a no-cook salad that's just the ticket when you're too hot and hectic to cook.

Jun 24 • Kathy Slack

17:42

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