Growing Potatoes
I came on this site because I wanted to grow potatoes and know timescales for planting/harvesting. I planted some 'tatty'...
Potato Update 2011
I am a potatoholic. I love potatoes and I love growing them. I mostly grow heritage varieties but I also like to try new...
first potatoes
just had my first new pots an they were delish i grew them under straw with a black plastick covering it was a bit of an...
My Potato Growing 2011
I have decided this year, because of all that is going on in my life, that I will grow only potatoes, in the veg department....
Potatoes Puritan
Today I decided to see what had been happening to my Heritage potatoes. The shaws on Puritan were dying back and I thought...
Potato famine ???
How could I be so stupid I ask myself ? The potatoes did not look like they were short of water and I watered religously...
my pathetic potato bags
Here are the pics of my potato bags and the harvest of rocket potatoes-7 small ones ; total weight of this crop 1 pound 12...
Finally Planting Really Starts!
With the sun and warmth of the past few days we got into the veg. garden yesterday afternoon. As it was a 'flower' day we...
potato
i had a e mail from bob flowerdew of bbc gardening (name dropper) about pots, it read remove the flowers from the pots as...
Potatoes!
this article really shocked me
apparently potatoes can contain more pesticide than any other veg because of potato...
WINTER BLUES
Hi GoY freinds,
I can't seem to get going in the G/H or the garden. Must be WINTER BLUES. To get me motivated We went to...
Smiley potatoes .. Honest
Some of you may remember the discussions me and Gilli had earlier on in the year regarding smiley potatoes . .. . yes! smiley...
pot grown vegetables
Someone asked a question a while ago regarding what vegetables you can grow in pots , I have a few so here they are.
Courgettes...
It's a Family Affair
At the risk of preaching to the converted, let's talk 'taters' et al; or, to quote Samwise Gamgee 'po-tay-toes'. (If in doubt,...
wow a potato
Girl Potato and Boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married and had a little sweet potato, which they...
Starting The '09 veg patch
Entry Two
As you all know, I am really determined to step up the level of my gardening.
I am a novice gardener, but I still...
hello my friends xx
wow! it has been a while since i last wrote a blog i apologise!!! so... hello to all and thank you for all your messages...
Planning Planting New Potatoes
First early potatoes can be ready in June 2009 if you start to do the simple things right now.
Decide what variety or varieties...
Potatoes
As promised, an update on my Spiro Myra spuds.
Dug the remaining plants up at weekend )Sat 11th Oct) and what a good crop!!!
Couple...
Potatoes
Just an update on this years spuds.
A couple of weeks ago My Maris Piper and Cara where just showing signs of what I thought...
Potatoes
My spuds have not been a success for a few years. The foliage dies of and when I lift the tubers a good percentage are soft...
From ground to plate
I planted Arran pilot seed potatoes after chitting in a compost bag (recommended by the local garden centre) I do not have...
Making an Early Start.
A couple of weeks ago, i checked on my seed potato tubers, which were stored in a shoe box in the coolest cupboard in the...
Potatoes
This year my sister and I both grew potatoes in a potato 'tub'. Planting chitted potatoes at the bottom of the tub under...
