Sunday, 12 July 2015

@MiniHorts. Potatoes - from seed to plate.

A busy afternoon at Gardening Club last week, where the Minihorts showed in one hour why we grow the things we eat!  One group spent half an hour or so on a late sowing of maincrop potatoes (Desiree), which we expect to harvest in the autumn; while another group were busy harvesting some of the early potatoes (Rocket) that we sowed in March ...

... but that isn't all - some of these potatoes will go into veg boxes, but some were put to a more immediate and tasty use - they were sliced very thinly to make crisps, which were delicious and far better for us than the crisps that come in a packet.  We now know the whole life-cycle of these potatoes from seed to plate, and they never once left the school grounds.

That's one of the reasons why we do it - well done to the Minihorts!

David Harrison
Volunteer

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