{"id":106073,"date":"2019-04-14T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/down-to-earth-the-joy-of-digging-potatoes-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-04-14T12:04:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T05:04:53","slug":"down-to-earth-the-joy-of-digging-potatoes-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/down-to-earth-the-joy-of-digging-potatoes-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Down to earth: the joy of digging potatoes | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPlanting out the early potatoes is a statement of intent \u2013 and yields dividends later in the seasonTime for some chit chat: our potatoes are in. Dad would be proud, though he only grew King Edwards. He wasn\u2019t one for turning, didn\u2019t want different varieties for this and that. If he found something that worked for him, he stuck with it. We tend to differ that way.I often agonise about growing spuds, they take up extravagant room, spread luxuriantly. But the allotment gardener I most admire, who quietly encouraged us at the sticky start, always grows them. And he\u2019s one of my garden gurus. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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