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Inspection Time
I always think crops look their best at this time of year. In the first couple of weeks in July, our seed potato crops are checked over...
george7545
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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Holiday Time
Time for a two week break but hope to have some summer seed potatoes available from the end of June to plant for Christmas harvest!...
george7545
May 31, 20231 min read
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Packing Time
We were packing some lovely Swift seed potatoes today. This is our wee production line in action. Packing into 2kg packs.
george7545
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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The “Perfect “ drill
This is what we consider to be the perfect job we always try to achieve. Seed potatoes at the perfect spacing, about 30cm apart and 15cm...
george7545
Apr 21, 20211 min read
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Planting @Dobbies
Here’s our potato planter in action in the field next door to Dobbies’s Head Office in Edinburgh. Our potatoes won’t have far to travel...
george7545
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Bed Tilling
“Oot ma road!” Says Robert. Like anyone would want to get in the way of this beast as his high speed bladed rotor smashes all the clods...
george7545
Apr 3, 20211 min read
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Planting Time
We’ve started planting again. This is our chitted Maris Piper seed being planted in great conditions. If it stays warm, these will poking...
george7545
Apr 1, 20211 min read
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Snowtime!
We weren't able to move any seed potatoes this week. Kept ourselves busy clearing the yard though and packing indoors to be ready for...
george7545
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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Chitting Time!
This is what we were doing last week. Placing our Maris Pipers into chitting trays like these. We give them as much light as possible and...
george7545
Feb 13, 20211 min read
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Filling 25kg bags.
This is how we bag our table potatoes. Nowhere near the grafting involved that we had a few years ago! Most of these 25kg bags will end...
george7545
Jan 9, 20211 min read
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Delivery time!
We’ve been really busy on the lead up to Christmas by getting loads of seed potatoes packed and ready to go to our Garden Centre...
george7545
Jan 7, 20211 min read
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