08/08/2014
Pennie Latin explores a kitchen garden at the Castle of Mey and Dan Holland visits a vegetable patch in a bus shelter. Plus cooking with beetroot and keeping on top of garden jobs.
As our gardens reach their peak in terms of grow-your-own, Gillian Russell and Dan Holland find out more about the wealth of fresh fruit and veg that's ready right now and what we can do with it in the kitchen.
Chef Michael Smith cooks live in the gardens at the 成人快手 in Inverness. This week he's making beetroot risotto with a red wine stock and an open vegetable lasagne - great for using up all the seasonal vegetables from your garden!
Pennie Latin wanders round the kitchen garden at the Castle of Mey, the Queen Mother's beloved holiday retreat on the north coast of Caithness. Head gardener Andrew Glaister tells Pennie about battling the elements, the clever layout of the gardens and the amazing produce they grow.
Gardening expert Nicola Singleton talks about the importance of keeping on top of the weeding and watering just now as harvesting gets into full flow in our own fruit and veg plots.
Hawthorn Allotments plot holder Richard Crawford updates us on what's been happening at the allotments over the past couple of weeks.
Dan visits a truly unusual veg plot which is situated in a bus shelter on the north coast of Scotland.
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Bus shelter greenhouse
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Slow roast tomato sauce
Beetroot risotto with crowdie and pine kernals
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Broadcasts
- Fri 8 Aug 2014 13:05成人快手 Radio Scotland
- Sun 10 Aug 2014 12:05成人快手 Radio Scotland