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The Kitchen Garden

Factual: Food & Drink

Factual: Homes & Gardens: Gardens

Pennie Latin

Celebrating the sheer joy of growing and cooking your own fruits, herbs and vegetables.

The Kitchen Garden team celebrate the joy of growing and cooking your own fruits, herbs and vegetables.

The Kitchen Garden: 20/06/2014

20/06/2014

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kitchen Garden, 20/06/2014

Fresh ideas for using gooseberries and how to grow, cultivate and cook Sutherland kale.

Fresh ideas for using gooseberries, how to grow, cultivate and cook Sutherland kale, creating the best dressed salad leaves, and the food traditions of Ghana.

Chef Michael Smith joins Pennie Latin and the team to cook live outside in the gardens of the BBC in Inverness. This week he's getting creative with gooseberries and he'll be demonstrating how to create the best dressed salad leaves of the summer.

Garden enthusiast Charles Quinnell explains the history of Sutherland kale and shows Pennie how to grow, harvest and cook with it.

Gardening expert Frances Pringle advises on how best to deal with slugs if they are causing havoc in your fruit and veg plots.

Continuing our culinary jaunt round the Commonwealth, this week world food expert Ghillie Basan talks about the food traditions of Ghana.

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