Tag Archives: potatoes

Potato Day and Seedy Sunday

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Home on the Hill

Wow what a busy weekend – and no time for gardening! Saturday was Heart of England Organic Group‘s annual potato day – always on the first Saturday of February if you want to put it in your diary for evermore. … Continue reading →

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Potatoes 2016

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Home on the Hill

I thought I’d write short reviews of the crops I grew this year and ideas of what i want to do differently next year. So I’ll start with the potatoes I harvested a few weekends ago. They were Sarpo Mira, … Continue reading →

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What to do with 175 tomato plants?

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Home on the Hill

See. the packet of seed was 2 years old this year – and that’s my rule to avoid non-germination disappointment. 2 years and then chuck them away. So, I thought, may as well sow them all. Then I sat down … Continue reading →

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