Mudketeers diary-19th April 2017 - Kitchen Garden Magazine

What hungry gap?

April and May are months often referred to as the ‘Hungry Gap’ in veg gardening. It is a time when the winter veg is used up and the summer crops are still but seeds! I looked at my plot the other day and thought there wasn’t much on it until I went a-foraging.

For lunch today I had a few leaves of variegated Daubenton’s kale, three leaves from a pot grown kale ‘Nero di Toscana’, some chives, a few stems of Swiss chard and purple sprouting broccoli. I also have had some wild garlic flowers plucked from a nearby paddock that my brother owns. There is a huge swathe of them edging a pretty little stream. I chopped all the above up and added a few pine nuts and coriander (shop bought) and added a dollop of Philadelphia cream cheese with herbs. A dash of salt and pepper and I mixed the lot with some couscous. Mmmm delicious. No hungry gap today. Well satisfied!

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Emma Rawlings

Deputy editor Emma Rawlings trained in horticulture and then spent many years in the industry before entering the world of gardening journalism. She has a small veg plot at home and also helps her brother on his allotment sized veg garden. She loves to experiment with new varieties and enjoys mixing flowers and veg together on the plot. When not gardening she spends time looking after her ponies and cats. The former provide manure for the garden, the latter just demand food and cuddles