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On the vegetable patch, the 'Hungry Gap' is coming to an end and the first crops are ready to harvest. Broad beans sown early will now be ripe to eat. Pick them while they are still young.
by Anna Lamotte © Shutterstock / Jerome.Romme Anna Lamotte runs Guardswell Grows with her sister Kirstin. Here, she talks about the ‘Hungry Gap’ faced by many in their industry, when farmers struggle to grow enough crops to meet demand. The ‘Hungry Gap’ is the short, but seemingly endless, period of time when Scottish farmers struggle to grow the nutrient-dense bounty we take for granted throughout the rest of the year. We’re not quite in the depths of it yet – it will hit us hard in March… although the recent snow certainly made us feel it more keenly. It’s something that...