EATthe season with Sarah Raven
May is an odd month in the veg garden. Yes, there’s delicious asparagus, yes, there’s chard, and there are herbs and rhubarb a-plenty, but oddly, with the countryside clouded with cow parsley, hawthorn and apple blossom, as perfect as any month in the year, you’d think there would be a similar abundance to pick and eat.
That’s not the case. Certainly, at the start of the month, summer abundance and a wide range of produce is a bit elusive, which is why, if you have any inside space – a greenhouse, polytunnel, cold-frame, or even a large cloche or two outside – this is one of the top times to
