Tales from the Veg Patch
Tales from the Veg Patch
Kathy Slack
How to Buy Soil
14 minutes Posted Apr 28, 2022 at 5:36 am.
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This week, the giddy pick-n-mix sweetshop excitement of buying soil. Plus tips on choosing compost. Then into the kitchen with the first crops to sprout through the new soil – radishes. Try radish slammers, roast radish salad and buttered radishes. 


Find the radish recipe from the podcast here:

https://www.kathyslack.com/blog/roast-radish-lentil-anchovies


And others in Kathy's cookbook, From the Veg Patch,


For more about market garden guru, Anna Greenland: https://www.annagreenland.co.uk


The compost brands Kathy mentioned are:

Dalefoot

SylvaGrow

New Horizons

6X Fertiliser


And the two camps in the dig/no dig debate are:

Double dig: https://www.rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/double-digging

No Dig: https://charlesdowding.co.uk


Meet Kathy:

Tuesday 10th May - supper club at The Royal Oak.

Sat 30th April 10-12 - Warwick Books

Sat 30th April 2-4pm – Blackwell’s, Oxford


Keep in touch with Kathy:

kathyslack.com

instagram.com/gluts_gluttony

twitter.com/gluts_gluttony




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