Free Potato Growing Kit For Schools

[Guest]

Hi just followed a link and found this!

http://www.potatoesforschools.org.uk.

Looks fun so have applied for my freebies already.

Enjoy!

[Guest]

Thanks LWJ, just sent off for mine. Hope we can grow lots, there is nothing like 'real' potatoes.

Sal

[Guest]

Thanks LWJ sent for mine too. If you don't have a garden to grow them in you can use big pots and just keep topping them up as the plant grows. My son did this and he had a bumper crop, they looked better than mine from the allotment!

[HappyMaz]

Thanks LJW - have ordered our pack!

 

Potatoes were our biggest success last year on our new allotment - we planted ours in the bottom of compost bags with the bag rolled down, and kept pilling more earth around the foliage as they grew, unrolling the bag so it got taller and taller as the potatoes grew.

 

When we picked them we made oven-baked potato wedges for snack time. Just lovely!

 

Maz

[Guest]

Thanks LWJ - sent of registration. We entered last year, but our outcome was pitiful due to bad weather. Hopefully we'll do better this year.

[dublinbay]

Many thanks from me LJW. Sent off for mine too.

The children planted out our little garden patch in the summer and grew tomatoes, beans, cabbage, mint & rosemary. This year, potatoes, yum!!

[hali]

thank you

[Guest]

Thanks LJW.....Have been thinking about our garden area and what to grow......vegetables seems like a good choice now and the pototoes are a good start.

[Guest]

Like the idea of the herbs, DublinBay. We have difficulties with our outside area and 'youth' so a few herbs on the windowsills will be lovely! I like the idea of potatoes in the compost sacks Maz as we will be able to move them in and out of doors. I'm getting excited already!

[Guest Wolfie]

Thanks for that link!

[luluj]

Thanks LJW. Just registered.luluj

[Guest]

Thanks for the link. It looks great. Doing a topic on growing later on so will be great. Any more ideas of where I can get freebies from??

[Jackie H]

Thanks for the link, have sent for ours

[Verona]

Thanks for the link. As we haven't got anywhere outside to plant, we grew a few potatoes in large pots last year and we had a bumper crop. Hope we can grow even more with this project this year.

 

Sue J

[Guest]

Thank you so much for that link, registered for ours too

[skippy]

Thanks LJW, we are now have a patch of garden to grow crops.

[Guest]

Thanks LJW!

 

Bethie, try the Garden Organic website [formerly known as HDRA] - they have a school scheme and often issue free seeds. Also the gardening mags like 'Grow Your Own' anf 'Kitchen Garden' soemtimes have school schemes.

[Cait]

Hi just followed a link and found this!

http://www.potatoesforschools.org.uk.

Looks fun so have applied for my freebies already.

Enjoy!

 

 

Thanks have joined as it still seems to be active for this year!

 

Thanks LJW!

[Guest]

Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhh........... Don't tell anyone but last year's rotted in situ and we planted some fake Sainsbury's ones to avoid children's disappointment sshhhhhhhh.........

[Cait]

Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhh........... Don't tell anyone but last year's rotted in situ and we planted some fake Sainsbury's ones to avoid children's disappointment sshhhhhhhh.........

 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :( :wacko: :rolleyes: :unsure: :ph34r: :ph34r:

[Guest]

Hi all

 

Have just tried applying, but as we are in Norrthern Ireland it won;t allow me to type in the address and when I went to select the country in only had England, Scotland or Wales

 

Will be trying the Garden Organic Website though!

 

Wish me luck!

[Guest]

ooops

 

Dont know where that smiley face came from!!

[Guest]

Thanks for the link. Can't wait for the children to get involved

[Inge]

Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhh........... Don't tell anyone but last year's rotted in situ and we planted some fake Sainsbury's ones to avoid children's disappointment sshhhhhhhh.........

 

 

And ours were 3 potatoes the size of a pea!! so did the same...........

 

better luck this year...

 

Inge

[Guest]

Yes I ordered these a couple of weeks ago there is also a link here for ordering a copse or hedge pack. We ordered the copse pack

[Cait]

Thanks - i've ordered the hedge! woo

[Guest]

Thanks - I've ordered the potato pack - can't wait

[Guest]

oh me too, and my hedge pack came before Christmas

[Guest]

Is it wrong to get excited because my potatoes have started to grow

I've brought them home to look after during the holidays, along with the 60 tomato plants -

well no one told me not to plant the whole packet

 

jackie.

[purplewednesday1]

thank you - potatoes r us!

 

pw