Kitchen Garden

SPUD LOVE

The humble spud has to be one of the most popular veg to grow in Britain. Both on allotments and in gardens alike, these tasty tubers can be seen growing in a multitude of ways. From pots and bags to open ground, potatoes can be grown just about anywhere and will reward you with numerous tubers that can keep you and your family fed for months!

Our affection for potatoes goes even further than simply growing them ourselves, we even have potato days* where you can go and look at the rarer varieties and buy some of the more unusual as well as the most popular varieties. From near black to almost pure white, potatoes come in so many colours and shapes, plus they have differing uses and can be grown for salads, mash, chips,

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