A Community Growing Initiative
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.
And here are some Charlotte potatoes planted in growbags by Bob and his granddaughter Ellie. The ones in the green bag are planted on top of compost and rotted manure, whilst the ones in red are in compost then covered in manure. Slightly out…
It’s great that we are getting pictures posted to us of how your potato growing is getting on. Here is a batch from near New Pitsligo planted directly into the ground as the warm weather has dried the soil. Nice trench in the second…
We were delighted to be asked to do a piece for the Evening Express about the project. If you haven’t seen it, here is the link. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/success-continues-to-crop-up-for-pair-behind-potato-growing-project/
What a great weekend we have had. One Seed Forward were at the People’s Cafe in Huntly with Deveron Projects on Saturday supporting their new initiative, the Town is the Garden, which aims to establish new fruit and veg growing areas in Huntly. Then…
