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Potato Day
‘Pick-up’ for the Seed Potato Day
Jane, Ron and Vic were the gallant trio a couple of weeks ago (with photos courtesy of Jane) at Stonham Barns, near Ipswich, (home of the East Anglia Potato Day) collecting the stock for the South East Essex Seed Potato Day. They came back with 39 varieties of seed potato – nine of them organic. …
SE Essex Seed Potato Day: Saturday 22 February 2014 (updated 12 Feb 2014)
These are the varieties that we have ordered for 2014. The price per tuber will be 15p. Admission is free! The event is organised by SEEOG, in partnership with Trust Links. First earlies (FE) are the varieties with the shorter growing period; Second earlies (SE) need a slightly longer growing period; Early main crops EM). Care is taken …
‘Cheap as Chips’ Updated
With an eye to the upcoming Potato Day; Simon Wallace has updated his ‘Cheap as Chips’ factsheet – available for download, here. Potato Day posters can also be downloaded, here.
Potato Day 2012 Photos
We gave just added a new gallery of photos from the Potato Day held at the Growing Together Gardens, back in February – available via the ‘Gallery’ menu, or this link.
Potato Day Press Coverage
Unfortunately, Vic has now become Vic Foyle(!)* but nevertheless, some good coverage of the Potato Day, on the ‘Echo’ website, here. *2/3/2012: The Echo has subsequently reverted Vic to his proper name.
Cheap as Chips Factsheet
Ahead of SEEOG’s forthcoming Potato Day at Growing Together, Simon Wallace has put together a short (not too serious) factsheet on the mighty spud. The factsheet (PDF) is available for download here – and further details of the Potato Day are here.
South East Essex Seed Potato Day 2012 Updated Sunday 19/2/12
Go potty for potatoes at SE Essex Seed Potato event! In association with Leigh-on-Sea Allotment & Leisure Garden Association and SE Essex Organic Gardeners – please make a date in your shiny new 2012 diaries and help us to promote this Spud-tastic event in February. You can Chip In, Mash it up and spread the word …
Potato Day 2011
THE FIRST SE ESSEX POTATO DAY! Leigh-on-Sea Allotment & Leisure Garden Association in association with SE Essex Organic Gardeners and kindly hosted by Trust Links Fifteen years ago, as part of the HDRA’s (now Garden Organic) commitment to biodiversity, the first Potato Day was held, the brainchild of Jackie Gear MBE. It has now grown to a …