Kathy Slack's growing through a Rough Patch

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Rough Patch is the name of award-winning food writer, author and veg grower Kathy Slack’s new book (out on February 6, but available for pre-order now), and it’s a warm mix of memoir, a love letter to growing your own, and recipes. It covers a year in Kathy’s life in which a brutal depression meant she left her high-flying city job and, eventually, found solace and purpose growing her own vegetables. She chats to Mick about depression, what advice to ignore and the joy of feeding yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Well, hello there, listener, and welcome to the Tuesday podcast.
0:34.1	It's Mickey here to tell you about a smashing chat I had with award-winning food writer,
0:39.0	author and veg grower Kathy Slack to talk about the healing power of growing your own food
0:43.9	and how it helped Kathy to her own Rough Patch. Rough Patch is actually the name of her new book
0:49.4	out on February the 6th, but very much available for pre-order now. And it is a gorgeous mix of memoir,
0:56.6	a love letter to growing your own and recipes relayed month by month of the growing year.
1:02.1	Kathy's writing about her depression, which is warm and sunny and candid, really struck a chord
1:08.8	with me and my own experiences, and she was an absolute joy to talk to.
1:13.5	I hope you enjoy spending time with her as much as I did. Also, some top advice from a woman who knows.
1:20.5	That's Kathy. It's not me. I know very little about growing your own, all of which I've learned from
1:25.4	Kathy's book, but she says, buy a cauliflower,
1:29.1	tree like a queen.
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