Tales from a veg patch

MAKING THE MOST OF THE HARVEST AT HOME, THEN PACKING IT UP FOR A PICNIC, KATHY SLACK SERVES UP SEASONAL FOODS AND SHARES STORIES FROM HER BACK GARDEN GROWING

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PREPARE TO PICNIC On the first properly warm day of the year you might expect to find me in the veg patch, bothering the weeds. But you will not. I'll be picnicking in the buttercup field behind the village green. Lolling about like a Laurie Lee character, basking in the sun and eating cake. I believe that the sun must be welcomed in with a nice meal and my full attention or she might take offence and sulk behind a cloud before you can say “deckchairs”. So, I bring the harvest indoors to prepare it, then head out again to create a picnic that'll make summer feel so welcome she can't help but stay for months. Well, that's the plan anyway. The patch has other, less idyllic, ideas. The days might be…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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