Lockdown Project Guides: Grow Seed Potatoes in Pots & Containers
Homegrown seed potatoes are one of the most satisfying crops to grow in the garden. It’s quite easy to produce a good crop and they taste so much better than …
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Top March Allotment Tips
February turned into a washout for many allotmenteers. In some flooded areas of the UK allotments were under water for a period of time. When the rain stopped, …
Top July Allotment Tips
The allotment season is joyously in full swing and it really is a fun time to be down on our plots. The long days and warm temperatures mean early evening …
September Top Allotment Tips
The priority job at the moment on my Allotment is harvesting maincrop potatoes. Unfortunately potato blight struck very recently on our site. I’ve cut down …
December Allotment Tips
The allotment is the ideal place to produce a large amount of vegetables for Christmas dinner. This is a realistic aim. It is a good target for beginners …
Disaster has struck..
..In the name of Blight! Below are some piccies of the disease: It is May, and already the English weather has been …
Even more information on Potatoes
In my last post I thought that I told you everything you ever wanted to know about potatoes but trusy Fiona, our veg buyer has come up with even more useful …
Everything you ever wanted to know about potatoes…
One of our fastest-selling vegetables last year was the potato, as people realised how easy they are to grow and how delicious freshly harvested potatoes are …
Suttons goes Pink
For the past few months we have been working very hard on a fantastic project with the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer. We are supporting Breakthrough …
Top potatoes
Congratulations are due to Year One at Nelmes Primary School who are the winners of the Sun’s School Potato Growing Competition. Suttons are supporting …