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. …
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Seed Potato Day
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 …
‘Getting the Best from Potatoes’ & Christmas Social (Please bring something festive)
‘Getting the best from potatoes’ with SEEOG member Robert Wiseman, in readiness for our SE Essex Seed Potato Day event (poster here) in February. So what are first earlies, second earlies, early maincrop and late maincrop? What is ‘chitting’? The speaker starts at 8.00pm. VENUE: Cheryl Centre, Growing Together Gardens, 47 Fairfax Drive, Southend-on-Sea SS0 9AG Please park …