Pick up tips on how to harvest and cook a selection of delicious summer crops. In this short clip from Gardeners’ World, Monty Don is on his veg plot, harvesting crops that are at their flavoursome best – young broad beans, flat-podded peas (‘Carouby de Maussane’), baby beetroot and Tuscan kale (‘Cavolo Nero’). He also describes his favourite ways to cook them.
How to harvest and cook summer veg
Monty harvests some of his favourite early summer veg and reveals his favourite ways to cook them, in this video guide on gardenersworld.com.
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