Tag: potato day

It’s only the biggest day of the year!

If you’re a follower of our Facebook group, you’ll have been reading about all the last-minute details posted by Jan, our fantastic Potato Day organiser.

For those of you who haven’t, here’s a run-down of the key info:

• The venue: Reidvale Neighbourhood Centre (in Dennistoun, just off Duke Street and near Bellgrove railway station)
• The time: 11am – 3pm
• The programme: potato sales, workshops, face painting, seed swapping, and cake!
• The potatoes: see down below, or download the list to your device:

• 12 noon workshops

  Keeping Bees on the Allotment

  Many folk say they’re interested in keeping bees but there are many things to consider, especially on an allotment site. Hear first-hand experience, valuable advice, and enthusiasm for bees!
  
  Speaker: Delia Henry, independent bee-keeper

  An Intro to Home Composting

  Rose will explain how to enrich and improve your garden or allotment with home-made compost and reduce kitchen and garden waste. She’ll cover how to set up a composting system, where, when, how and why, what (and what not!) to compost, as well as how ot manage your system and any problems.

  Speaker: Rose Harvey, master composter

  Wild Secrets of the Hidden Gardens

  What and where are the Hidden Gardens? Find out about its development from an abandoned derelect site to the beautiful community oasis that it is today. Come and hear about the wildlife-fireldy garden projects and surveys going on, and how you can encourage and sustain wildlife on your plot, community, school or home gardens.

  Speaker: Paula Murdoch, Hidden Gardens

• 1:30 workshops

  Seed-Saving

  Have you ever considered saving your own seed? Seed-saving is easy and it saves you money. Learn the basics of saving seeds from your own home-grown produce, as well as the steps for better germination and growing stronger, healthier plants.

  Speaker: Richie Walsh, Glasgow Community Food Network

  Glasgow City Food Plan

  We all love food and we all enjoy growing it. Discover how Glasgow can grow high-quality, fresh, local, organic produce that is available and affordable for all, and when good food is a celebrated part of our culture.

  Speaker: Abi Mordin, Glasgow Community Food Network

  Healthy Soil

  Living soil has the same four basic requirements we do: food, water, shelter and air. How do you look after your soil? What type of diet does itneed? How do you supply what’s missing? Come and learn how to build soil health, and maintain it all year round.

  Speaker: Emma Iller, Urban Roots

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Potato Varieties

	Variety	Organic?	Cropping  Time
1	Accord		1st early
2	Arran Pilot		1st early
3	Casablanca		1st early
4	Duke of York		1st early
5	Dunluce		1st early
6	Epicure		1st early
7	International Kidney		1st early
8	Lady Christl		1st early
9	Maris Bard		1st early
10	Pentland Javelin		1st early
11	Premiere		1st early
12	Red Duke of York		1st early
13	Rocket		1st early
14	Sharpes Express		1st early
15	Swift		1st early
16	Winston		1st early
17	Abbott		2nd early
18	Bambino	org	2nd early
19	Bonnie		2nd early
20	Charlotte		2nd early
21	Elfe*		2nd early
22	Gemson		2nd early
23	Kestrel		2nd early
24	Nadine		2nd early
25	Nicola		2nd early
26	Shetland Black		2nd early
27	Wilja		2nd early
28	Vivaldi*		2nd early
29	Yukon Gold		2nd early
30	Amour		Main Crop
31	Arran Victory	org	Main Crop
32	Cara		Main Crop
33	Desiree		Main Crop
34	Golden Wonder		Main Crop
35	Harmony		Main Crop
36	Kerrs Pink		Main Crop
37	Kifli		Main Crop
38	King Edward		Main Crop
39	Kingsman		Main Crop
40	Maris Piper		Main Crop
41	Mayan Gold		Main Crop
42	Orla		Main Crop
43	Picasso		Main Crop
44	Pink Fir Apple		Main Crop
45	Pink Gypsy		Main Crop
46	Salad Blue		Main Crop
47	Sarpo Mira		Main Crop
48	Sarpo Shona		Main Crop
49	Red Emmalie		Main Crop
50	Rooster*		Main Crop