A Community Growing Initiative
Here are photos from one of our growers near New Pitsligo. The first two are Cara and the third is Highland Burgundy Red. Why not post yours to show everyone how you are getting on?
Growing Update
We thought we would give you an update on how each of our potato varieties are doing in our ACC growbags. Some are faster than others, as you would expect. Still a lot more growing to do!
Here are the kids from Hillside Primary planting their Maris Bard potatoes, looking forward to seeing how many they get out of their bags!
It’s been almost a fortnight since we had some decent rain in Aberdeen so we gave all of our potatoes in bags a good drenching today to keep the soil moist. Some signs of life now, although our Linda and Setanta haven’t broken through…
Starting to get some signs of life from our Salad Blue potatoes today. First photo shows them peaking through, and the second one has us adding more compost to cover them up to encourage more growth.
We received these great photos from Joan showing her granddaughter Aurora checking on the chitting of her potatoes before planting them and making sure they were well watered in. We’re looking forward to seeing how they get on in a few weeks!
It’s Tattie Tuesday!
It’s Tattie Tuesday and we have been busy planting. We based it on this poem about planting after the Easter Moon Potatoes are a different thing They want to grow down, that is plain And don’t you see you must plant for that When…
Almost time!
Just watched Beechgrove Garden and Jim said that next week he will be planting tatties. Good man, so will we! Keep an eye on your inbox for when we are planting, and if you have already planted, keep an eye out for frosts in…
We are very impressed with how creative you are getting! Sabrina Tuscany sent us some pic-tales of Maiya Meerkat and her dinonamic duo Kearney and Rose keeping an eye on the progress of their Lady Balfours and Salad Blues.
