It’s the Potato Day at Ryton on Sunday, & this year they have very helpfully published the list of varieties that will be for sale along with their properties, so I’ve printed this off to have a browse through & to select my two varieties of earlies, second earlies & maincrops.
Deciding in advance means that I can by-pass the bun fight & get straight on to picking what I want.
This has two distinct advantages – the first being that it always seems to be about -6 degrees in the marquee, & the second is that as soon as I have the potatoes under my belt, I can whizz off to the other most excellent attraction of the day – the seed swap.
I always have plenty of bean & pea seeds that I have grown that I can pop into envelopes to take along to contribute, & this year I’m taking eight or nine envelopes of five different types of beans, & I reckon that entitles me to my choice of half a dozen packets to bring home.
An excellent arrangement!
Deciding in advance means that I can by-pass the bun fight & get straight on to picking what I want.This has two distinct advantages – the first being that it always seems to be about -6 degrees in the marquee, & the second is that as soon as I have the potatoes under my belt, I can whizz off to the other most excellent attraction of the day – the seed swap.
I always have plenty of bean & pea seeds that I have grown that I can pop into envelopes to take along to contribute, & this year I’m taking eight or nine envelopes of five different types of beans, & I reckon that entitles me to my choice of half a dozen packets to bring home.
An excellent arrangement!
Definitely a Good Thing to make your tatty selections in advance.
ReplyDeleteAs for your box of beautifully packaged seeds - mmm, all that order and organisation definitely appeals to a type A personality!
Hope you had a good time at Ryton on Sunday, bit far for me to pop in .. :{<
Too far for me too, but the idea is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAs if, Bilbo! I just show you the very tiny part of my life that is organised & I am proud to show off! {gg}
ReplyDeleteHad to sew my hands in my pockets at the seed swap, Flum - managed to only succumb to one tomato & one pea variety - possibly a world record!