Well welcome to 2010, ushered in by cold, damp , grey weather conditions not at all amenable to gardening. A good time to take a look at seed catalogues or websites to decide on what to grow in 2010. Potatoes are worthwhile to grow even if you only have a patio. Tasty, new potatoes can be produced in large tubs or barrels and are nothing like the shop bought version. However you need to choose varieties carefully and if you are only growing in pots you only need a few seed potatoes. Thats where Potato Days come in, you can buy as few or as many as you want and get good advice too. For a list of those at which we are participating in 2010 see www.potato-days.net for details or e mail sales@pennardplants.com. We will have nearly 100 varieties this year, full listing at www.pennardplants.com . I am posting full planting instructions on the blog as well which will give you detailed help for planting in pots or in the ground.

Potatoes are ‘The King of the Vegetable Garden’ to quote one of the old books so get digging@