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		<title>Potato Days And Seed Swaps 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potato Days are great events for kitchen gardeners and allotmenteers to attend. There are a large number of different potato varieties available including heritage varieties and most potato days offer individual seed potatoes for sale which is ideal if you are growing in containers or space is limited.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Potato Days are great events for kitchen gardeners and allotmenteers to attend. There are a large number of different potato varieties available including heritage varieties and most potato days offer individual seed potatoes for sale which is ideal if you are growing in containers or space is limited.</p>
<p>Here is a list of potato days and seed swaps taking place across the country during January, February and March 2012.</p>
<h3>Potato Days &#8211; January</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Bridport</strong>
<p>St Mary’s Church House<br />
Bridport<br />
Dorset.<br />
DT6 3NN<br />
<strong>Saturday January 14th. 10.00am &#8211; 2.30pm.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Potato Week &#8211; Wantage</strong>
<p>Charlton Park Garden Centre<br />
Charlton Road<br />
Wantage<br />
Oxon.<br />
OX12 8EP<br />
<strong>Starts Sunday January 15th.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Swindon</strong>
<p>Swindon Allotment Society<br />
Gorse Hill Community Centre<br />
Chapel Street<br />
Swindon.<br />
SN2 8DA<br />
<strong>Saturday January 21st. 11.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Festival Weekend &#8211; Cheltenham</strong>
<p>Dundry Nurseries and Garden Centre<br />
Bamfurlong Lane<br />
Cheltenham<br />
Gloucestershire.<br />
GL51 6SL<br />
<strong>Saturday January 21st, Sunday January 22nd.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Fair &#038; Seedy Sunday &#8211; London</strong>
<p>Sydenham School<br />
Dartmouth Road<br />
London.<br />
SE26 4RD<br />
<strong>Sunday January 22nd. 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Bollington, Cheshire</strong>
<p>Bollington &#038; District Horticultural Society<br />
Bollington Civic Hall<br />
Hurst Lane/Palmerston Street<br />
Bollington<br />
Macclesfield.<br />
SK10 5JX.<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th 10.15am &#8211; 12.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Chesterfield</strong>
<p>Transition Chesterfield<br />
The Pavements<br />
Chesterfield<br />
Derbyshire.<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Nottingham</strong>
<p>Nottingham Organic Gardeners<br />
Sherwood United Reformed Church<br />
1 Edwards Lane<br />
Sherwood<br />
Nottingham.<br />
NG5 3AA.<br />
<strong>Saturday 28th January 10.30am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Marshfield</strong>
<p>Marshfield Community Centre<br />
The Hayfield<br />
Marshfield.<br />
SN14 8PG<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th. 10.30am &#8211; 2.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Lancaster</strong>
<p>Transition City Lancaster<br />
The Friends Meeting House<br />
Meeting House Lane<br />
Lancaster<br />
Lancashire.<br />
LA1 1TX<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th 12noon &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Hampshire</strong>
<p>Testbourne Community Centre,<br />
Micheldever Road,<br />
Whitchurch.<br />
RG28 7JF<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th, Sunday January 29th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Weekend &#8211; Wirral, Cheshire</strong>
<p>Gordale Nurseries Ltd.<br />
Chester High Road<br />
Burton<br />
South Wirral<br />
Cheshire.<br />
CH64 8TF<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th, Sunday January 29th. 11.00am &#8211; 4.00pm.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>National Potato Day &#038; Heritage Seed Library Seed Swap &#8211; Coventry</strong>
<p>Garden Organic<br />
Garden Organic Ryton<br />
Coventry<br />
Warwickshire.<br />
CV8 3LG<br />
<strong>Members only &#8211; Saturday January 28th. 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm.<br />
Open to the public &#8211; Sunday January 29th. 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Ramsbury, Wiltshire</strong>
<p>Ramsbury Horticultural Society<br />
Ramsbury Memorial Hall<br />
High Street<br />
Ramsbury<br />
Wiltshire.<br />
SN8 2PB<br />
<strong>Sunday January 29th. 10.30am &#8211; 2.30pm.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Middlesbrough</strong>
<p>Durham Organic Gardeners Association<br />
Nature&#8217;s World<br />
Ladgate Lane<br />
Acklam<br />
Middlesbrough.<br />
TS5 7YN<br />
<strong>Sunday January 29th. 10.00am &#8211; 1.00pm.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Special Spud Week &#8211; Wiltshire</strong>
<p>Courtens Garden Centre<br />
Romsey Road<br />
Whiteparish<br />
Wiltshire.<br />
SP5 2AN<br />
<strong>Monday January 30th until Sunday February 5th 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Seed Swaps &#8211; January</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Hampshire</strong><strong></strong>
<p>Hampshire Organic Gardening Group<br />
Whitchurch Community School<br />
Micheldever Road<br />
Whitchurch.<br />
RG27 7JF<br />
<strong>Saturday January 28th, Sunday January 29th. 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Sunday &#8211; Trumpington, Cambridge</strong>
<p>Trumpington Allotment Association<br />
Trumpington Village Hall<br />
Trumpington<br />
Cambridge.<br />
CB2 9HZ<br />
<strong>Sunday January 29th. 1.30pm -4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Potato Days &#8211; February</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Shropshire</strong>
<p>Shropshire Organic Gardeners Potato Day<br />
Montford Parish Hall<br />
Montford Bridge<br />
Shrewsbury<br />
Shropshire.<br />
SY4 1AD<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 9.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Urchfont</strong>
<p>Urchfont Potato Day<br />
Urchfont Village Hall<br />
Urchfont nr. Devizes<br />
Wiltshire.<br />
SN10 4QU<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 10.30am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Eggsford</strong>
<p>Eggesford Garden and Country Centre<br />
Eggesford<br />
Nr Chulmleigh<br />
Devon.<br />
EX18 7QU<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 9.00am &#8211; 5.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; County Durham</strong>
<p>Durham Organic Gardeners Association<br />
Bowburn community Centre,<br />
Durham Road,<br />
Bowburn,<br />
County Durham.<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 10.00am &#8211; 1.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Stroud</strong>
<p>Transition Stroud<br />
Merrywalks Shopping Centre<br />
Stroud.<br />
GL5 1RR<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 9.00am &#8211; 2.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Leeds</strong>
<p>Joe&#8217;s Potato Day<br />
The Armscliffe Hall<br />
Harrogate Road<br />
Huby<br />
Leeds.<br />
LS17 0EG<br />
<strong>Sunday February 5th 11.30am &#8211; 3.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Abergavenny</strong>
<p>McDonalds Nursery Garden Centre<br />
Evesham Gardens<br />
Church Lane<br />
Llanfoist<br />
Abergavenny<br />
Wales.<br />
NP7 9LF<br />
<strong>Tuesday February 7th 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Dorset</strong>
<p>Drimpton Potato Day<br />
Drimpton Village Hall<br />
Drimpton<br />
Nr Beaminster<br />
Dorset.<br />
DT8 3RF<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 10.30am &#8211; 3.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Cambridgeshire</strong>
<p>Cambridgeshire Self Sufficiency Group<br />
Huntingdon Commemoration Hall<br />
High Street<br />
Huntingdon<br />
Cambridgeshire.<br />
PE29 3AQ<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th from 10.30am</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Shropshire</strong>
<p>Shropshire Wildlife Trust<br />
Visitor Centre<br />
Abbey Foregate,<br />
Shrewsbury.<br />
SY2 6ND<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#038; Seed Swap &#8211; Exeter</strong>
<p>St Matthews Church Hall<br />
(by the triangle car park off Heavitree Road)<br />
Lower Summerlands<br />
Exeter.<br />
EX1 2LW<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 11.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; East Anglia</strong>
<p>Suffolk Organic Gardeners<br />
Mid-Suffolk Showground<br />
Stonham Barns<br />
Pettaugh Road<br />
Stonham Aspal<br />
Nr Stowmarket<br />
Suffolk.<br />
IP14 6AT<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 9.30am &#8211; 1.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Weekend &#8211; Buckinghamshire</strong>
<p>Buckingham Garden Centre<br />
Tingewick Road<br />
Buckingham.<br />
MK18 4AE<br />
<strong>Saturday, February 11th 10:00am &#8211; 4.00pm<br />
Sunday, February 12th 10.00am &#8211; 4:00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Nelson, Lancashire</strong>
<p>Pendle Community High School<br />
Pendle Vale Campus<br />
Oxford Road<br />
Nelson<br />
Lancashire.<br />
BB9 8LF<br />
( in aid of Pendle Community High)<br />
<strong>Sunday February 12th from 9.00am</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Somerset</strong>
<p>The Constitutional Club<br />
Station Road<br />
Castle Cary<br />
Somerset.<br />
BA7 7PF<br />
<strong>Sunday February 12th 10.30am &#8211; 2.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Mold</strong>
<p>Church Hall<br />
King Street<br />
Mold<br />
CH7 1LA<br />
North Wales.<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 9.30am &#8211; 1.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Codford</strong>
<p>Codford Village Hall (off A36)<br />
Codford<br />
Warminster<br />
Wiltshire.<br />
BA12 0LD<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.30am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; West Yorkshire</strong>
<p>West Yorkshire Organic Group<br />
Shipley College<br />
Exhibition Hall<br />
Exhibition Road<br />
Saltaire<br />
Shipley<br />
West Yorkshire.<br />
BD18 3JW<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Manchester</strong>
<p>Hulme Community Garden Centre<br />
28 Old Birley Street<br />
Hulme<br />
Manchester.<br />
M15 5RG<br />
<strong>Sunday February 19th 11.00am &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#038; Seed Swap &#8211; Mere, Wiltshire</strong>
<p>The Grove Buildings<br />
Church Street<br />
Mere<br />
Warminster<br />
Wiltshire.<br />
BA12 6DS<br />
<strong>Sunday February 19th 10.30am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; South East Essex</strong>
<p>South East Essex Organic Gardeners &#038; Leigh-on-Sea Allotments<br />
Growing Together Gardens<br />
47 Fairfax Drive<br />
Southend-on-Sea.<br />
SS0 9AG<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Hebden Bridge</strong>
<p>Calder Valley Organic Gardeners<br />
The Church Of The Good Shepherd<br />
Royal Fold<br />
New Road<br />
Mytholmroyd<br />
Hebden Bridge.<br />
HX7 5DZ<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; London</strong>
<p>Garden Museum<br />
Lambeth Palace Road<br />
London.<br />
SE11 7LB<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 10.30am &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Ross-Shire</strong>
<p>Transition Black Isle<br />
North Kessock Village Hall<br />
North Kessock<br />
Ross-Shire.<br />
IV1 3XN<br />
Scotland<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 1.00pm &#8211; 4.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Pewsey</strong>
<p>Pewsey Garden Club<br />
Bouverie Hall<br />
North Street<br />
Pewsey.<br />
SN9 5ES<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th 10.00am -2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Cumbria</strong>
<p>The Parish Hall<br />
Caldbeck<br />
Wigton<br />
Cumbria.<br />
CA7 8EU<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Glasgow</strong>
<p>Glasgow Allotments<br />
The Pearce Institute<br />
Govan Road<br />
Glasgow.<br />
G51 3UU<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th 11.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Edinburgh</strong>
<p>Bridgend Allotments<br />
41 Old Dalkeith Road<br />
Edinburgh.<br />
EH16 4TE<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th 11.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#038; Seed Swap &#8211; Frome</strong>
<p>Cheese &#038; Grain<br />
Market Yard<br />
Justice Lane<br />
Frome.<br />
BA11 1BE<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th 11.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Seed Swaps &#8211; February</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Lewes</strong>
<p>Lewes Town Hall<br />
High Street<br />
Lewes<br />
East Sussex.<br />
BN7 2DQ<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th &#8211; 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Alton</strong>
<p>Alton Methodist Church Hall<br />
Draymans Way<br />
Alton<br />
Hants.<br />
GU34 1AU<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 10.00am &#8211; 12.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Totnes</strong>
<p>Birdwood House<br />
Totnes<br />
Devon.<br />
TQ9 5SQ<br />
<strong>Saturday February 4th 11.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Sunday &#8211; Brighton &#038; Hove</strong>
<p>Hove Town Hall<br />
Norton Road<br />
Hove.<br />
BN3 3BQ<br />
<strong>Sunday February 5th 10.00am &#8211; 4.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Super Seed Swap Sunday &#8211; Bristol</strong>
<p>The Cube Cinema<br />
Dove St South<br />
off King Square<br />
Bristol.<br />
BS2 8JD<br />
<strong>Sunday February 5th  12noon &#8211; 5.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Kingston Seed Swap &#038; Seed Potato Fair</strong>
<p>Kingston Permaculture Network<br />
Kingston Market House<br />
The Market Place<br />
Kingston upon Thames<br />
London.<br />
KT1 1JP<br />
<strong>Sunday February 5th 12noon &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday Spring Fayre &#8211; Carmarthenshire</strong>
<p>St Peter&#8217;s Hall<br />
Carmarthen<br />
Nott Square<br />
Carmarthen.<br />
SA31 1PG<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Nottingham</strong>
<p>Stonebridge City Farm<br />
Stonebridge Road,<br />
St. Anns,<br />
Nottingham.<br />
NG3 2FR<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 11.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap -Whitstable </strong>
<p>Whitstable Farmers Market<br />
St Mary’s Hall (Umbrella Centre)<br />
Oxford Street<br />
Whitstable<br />
Kent.<br />
<strong>Saturday 11th February 9.30am to 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Annual Seed Exchange &#8211; Cambridge</strong>
<p>Bottisham &#038; District Annual Seed Exchange<br />
Queen’s Court<br />
Downing Close<br />
Bottisham<br />
Cambridge.<br />
CB25 9DD<br />
<strong>February 11th 2.00pm to 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Minehead &#038; Alcombe</strong>
<p>Methodist Church Hall<br />
38 The Avenue<br />
Minehead<br />
Somerset.<br />
TA24 6AZ<br />
<strong>Saturday 11th February 10.00am to 12.00noon</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap, Sowing &#038; Growing &#8211; Worthing</strong>
<p>Transition Town Worthing<br />
Oak Grove College<br />
The Boulevard<br />
Worthing.<br />
BN13 1JX<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th 2.00pm &#8211; 5.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Southampton</strong>
<p>The Art House Gallery Café<br />
178 Above Bar Street<br />
Southampton.<br />
SO14 7DW<br />
<strong>Saturday February 11th, Sunday 12th Noon &#8211; 5.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Sunday &#8211; Wiltshire</strong>
<p>St Margaret&#8217;s Hall<br />
Bradford On Avon<br />
Wiltshire.<br />
<strong>Sunday February 12th 11.00am &#8211; 1.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Sunday &#8211; Sheffield</strong>
<p>Heeley City Farm<br />
Richards Road<br />
Sheffield.<br />
S2 3DT<br />
<strong>Sunday February 12th 12noon &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Horsham</strong>
<p>Friends Meeting House<br />
Worthing Road<br />
Horsham.<br />
RH12 1SL<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Hereford</strong>
<p>St John Methodist Church<br />
St Owen Street<br />
Hereford.<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Faversham</strong>
<p>Foyer of Faversham Library<br />
Newton Rd<br />
Faversham<br />
Kent.<br />
ME13 8DY<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.00am &#8211; 12.00noon</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Walberswick</strong>
<p>Village Hall<br />
Walberswick<br />
Suffolk.<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.00am to 1.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Bletchley</strong>
<p>Freeman Memorial Methodist Church Hall<br />
Buckingham Road<br />
Bletchley<br />
Milton Keynes.<br />
MK3 5HH<br />
<strong>Saturday February 18th 10.00am – 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Cardiff</strong>
<p>Chapter Arts Centre<br />
Market Road<br />
Canton<br />
Cardiff.<br />
CF5 1QE<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 10.00am -12.00p.m</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Powys</strong>
<p>The Community Garden<br />
Cwm Harry<br />
Newtown<br />
Powys.<br />
SY16 1DZ<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 10.00am – 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Buxton</strong>
<p>Spring Gardens<br />
Buxton<br />
Derbyshire.<br />
<strong>Saturday February 25th 10.00am &#8211; 12noon</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Sunday &#8211; Machynlleth, Powys</strong>
<p>Dyfi Valley Seed Savers<br />
Ysgol Bro Ddyfi<br />
Greenfields<br />
Machynlleth<br />
Powys.<br />
SY20 8DR<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Arundel</strong>
<p>Norfolk Hall<br />
Mill Road<br />
Arundel<br />
West Sussex.<br />
<strong>Sunday February 26th</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Potato Days &#8211; March</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#038; Seed Swap &#8211; Newsome, Huddersfield</strong>
<p>Growing Newsome<br />
Newsome Scout H.Q.,<br />
Newsome Road South,<br />
Newsome,<br />
Huddersfield,<br />
HD4 6JJ<br />
<strong>Saturday March 3rd 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Rushall</strong>
<p>Rushall and Charlton Potato Day<br />
Rushall Village Hall<br />
Rushall<br />
Devizes.<br />
SN9 6EN<br />
<strong>March 3rd 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Kelso</strong>
<p>Borders Organic Gardeners<br />
Springwood Hall<br />
Springwood Park<br />
Borders Union Showground<br />
Kelso<br />
Borders.<br />
TD5 8EH<br />
<strong>March 4th 11.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Cheshire</strong>
<p>The Marple and District Allotment Association<br />
Marple Senior Citizens Hall<br />
Memorial Park<br />
Marple<br />
Cheshire.<br />
SK6 6BA<br />
<strong>March 4th 10.00am &#8211; 3.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Blandford</strong>
<p>Blandford Museum Victorian Garden Club<br />
Pimperne Village Hall<br />
nr. Blandford Forum<br />
Dorset.<br />
DT11 8UJ<br />
<strong>March 4th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Dunblane</strong>
<p>Dunblane Gardeners Group &#038; Dunblane Allotment Society<br />
Dunblane Cathedral Halls<br />
The Cross<br />
Dunblane<br />
FK15 0AQ<br />
Scotland<br />
<strong>March 10th 2.00pm &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#038; Seedy Saturday &#8211; North East Somerset</strong>
<p>Farmborough Memorial Hall<br />
Little Lane<br />
Farmborough.<br />
BA2 0AE<br />
<strong>March 10th 10.00am &#8211; 2.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Damerham</strong>
<p>Damerham Village Hall<br />
Damerham<br />
Fordingbridge<br />
Hants.<br />
SP6 3HQ<br />
<strong>March 11th 10.30am &#8211; 2.30pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Dumfries</strong>
<p>Gardenwise Garden Centre<br />
Castle Douglas Road<br />
Dumfries.<br />
DG2 8PP<br />
<strong>March 11th 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Potato Day &#8211; Co. Leitrim, Ireland</strong>
<p>The Organic Centre<br />
Rossinver<br />
Co. Leitrim<br />
Ireland.<br />
<strong>Sunday March 11th 11.00am &#8211; 5.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Seed Swaps &#8211; March</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Argyll</strong>
<p>Kilmartin Museum Cafe<br />
Kilmartin House Museum<br />
Argyll<br />
Bute.<br />
PA31 8RQ<br />
<strong>Saturday March 3rd 10.00am &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Forest Row</strong>
<p>Transition Forest Row<br />
The Riverview Cafe<br />
Station Road<br />
Forest Row<br />
East Sussex.<br />
RH18 5DW<br />
<strong>Saturday March 3rd 10.00am &#8211; 1.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Sunday &#8211; Foxton</strong>
<p>Robert Monk Hall (Foxton Village Hall)<br />
Middle Street<br />
Foxton<br />
Leicestershire<br />
LE16 7RE<br />
<strong>Sunday March 4th 2.00pm &#8211; 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seedy Saturday &#8211; Ermington</strong>
<p>Ermington School Hall<br />
Ermington<br />
Ivybridge<br />
South Devon.<br />
PL21 9NT<br />
<strong>Saturday March 10th 1.00pm to 4.00pm</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Seed Swap &#8211; Dolgellau</strong>
<p>Eldon Square<br />
Dolgellau<br />
Gwynedd<br />
LL40 1PS<br />
<strong>Sunday March 18th 10.00am to 2.00pm</strong></li>
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		<title>Vegetable Varieties For Container Gardening &#8211; Peppers to Tomatoes</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people long to grow their own delicious and extremely fresh vegetables but do not have a garden. There are a number of vegetable varieties specifically bred or suitable for growing in containers on the patio or backyard. Here are some of our favourite varieties.</p>
<h3>Peppers</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pepper Gourmet</strong> Sweet pepper Gourmet is a dwarf plant with a compact habit that produces a huge crop of gorgeous sweet crispy peppers that turn orange when mature. Gourmet has been awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM) and can be grown outdoors in a sunny sheltered spot.</li>
<li><strong>Pepper Gypsy F1</strong> Sweet pepper Gypsy produces a great crop of pointed peppers with an excellent flavour approximately 10cm or 4 inches in length that turn to red when fully mature. Grow outdoors in pots in a very sunny sheltered spot or in either a conservatory or greenhouse. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus.</li>
<li><strong>Pepper Mohawk F1</strong> Absolutely perfect for growing on a patio or in containers as Mohawk is a lovely compact plant producing a good harvest of orange coloured peppers.</li>
<li><strong>Pepper Redskin F1</strong> A sister plant to Mohawk with the same compact growing habit producing beautiful red skinned peppers.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pumpkins</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pumkin Summer Ball F1</strong> A British bred variety producing up to 20 baby pumpkins on a compact bushy plant making it ideal for growing in containers. The pumpkins can be harvested early as a summer squash or left to mature into 1kg (2lb) summer pumpkins.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Radish</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Radish Cherry Belle</strong> A fast maturing globe shaped variety with bright red skins and white flesh which is slow to go woody. Lovely crisp and sweet with a mild flavour.</li>
<li><strong>Radish French Breakfast 3</strong> This variety produces red cylindrical roots of a medium length that have a white tip which are crisp but tender and have a mild flavour. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Salad Onions / Spring Onions / Green Onions</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Salad Onion Ishikuro</strong> A Japanese bunching onion which does not form bulbs but just gradually grows thicker stems and stands well in the ground. Ishikuro can be harvest through the season from thin salad onions to thicker stemmed salad onions removing the need for successional sowing.</li>
<li><strong>Salad Onion White Lisbon</strong> One of the traditional bulbing varieties favoured by many gardeners. Successional sowing will provide a crop throughout the season.</li>
<li><strong>Salad Onion Deep Purple</strong> A vibrant deep red-purple salad onion creating interest to any salad dish.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Spinach</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Spinach Rhino F1</strong> A slow bolting variety of spinach producing smooth broad leaves. Rhino is a slower maturing variety which makes it ideal for baby leaves.</li>
<li><strong>Spinach Galaxy F1</strong> A mini vegetable variety producing glossy, dark green baby spinach leaves that is fully mildew resistant.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Squash</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Squash Sunburst F1</strong> Sunburst is a summer squash producing beautiful mini, golden yellow coloured fruits with a slight scalloped edge. Extremely tender and tasty simply lightly steam and serve whole. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Squash Festival</strong> This winter squash is a trailing variety that can be left to scramble across the patio or it can be trained up supports where space is limited. Festival produces lovely nutty flavoured grapefruit sized squashes with a pale orange flesh that are great roasted. Stores well.</li>
<li><strong>Squash Gem</strong> Gem squashes are small, shiny green fruits with a delicious sweet flavour. A winter squash so it will store, very prolific and ideal for growing in containers as the vine can be trained up canes or an obelisk.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Swiss Chard / Seakale Beet</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Swiss Chard Bright Lights</strong> Probably one of the most colourful vegetables for the kitchen garden with stems ranging in colour from red, green, violet, white, pink, gold, orange and yellow. The leaves can be cooked like spinach with the stems needing slightly longer to cook. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Tomatoes</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tomato Ferline F1</strong> Indeterminate (cordon). An extremely high yielding variety that produces very good sized tomatoes with a fabulous flavour over a long season. Ferline is blight tolerant, resistant to fusarium wilt and verticillium wilt. An excellent tomato that can be grown both in the greehouse and outdoors.</li>
<li><strong>Tomato Gartenperle</strong> Determinate (bush). A trailing variety so ideal for growing in hanging baskets and window boxes. Gartenperle produces a great harvest of red cherry sized juicy tomatoes throughout the season.</li>
<li><strong>Tomato Inca F1</strong> Determinate (bush). A plum tomato variety which produces a huge crop of wonderfully tasty plum tomatoes both outdoors and in the greenhouse. The tomatoes have a thick meaty flesh making them excellent for cooking. Tolerance to fusasrium and verticillium wilts.</li>
<li><strong>Tomato Balconi Yellow</strong> Determinate (bush). This variety will trail when grown in hanging baskets producing a very heavy crop of sweet, delicious yellow cherry tomatoes. A sister plant to Balconi Red.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Vegetable Varieties For Container Gardening &#8211; Cucumbers to Peas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to have an allotment in order to grow your own fresh, tasty vegetables. Having vegetables growing in containers on your backyard or patio is easy and really covenient! Here are some of our recommended varieties that are specifically bred or suitable for growing in containers.
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<h3>Cucumbers</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Cucumber Marketmore</strong> An excellent variety of cucumber for growing outdoors producing good sized juicy cucumbers that are crisp with a fabulous flavour. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Cucumber Green Fingers F1</strong> These are ideal for the children&#8217;s lunch box. Green Fingers produces small finger sized 10cm or 4 inch cucumbers which have a smooth skin and are bitter free.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Leeks</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Leek King Richard</strong> An ideal variety for growing on the patio producing extra long slim leeks that can be sown direct and do not require earthing up. Grow King Richard leeks close together for delicious baby leeks.</li>
<li><strong>Leek Volta F1</strong> An early variety with a good length stem that can be sown direct and used as tasty baby leeks.</li>
<li><strong>Leek Tornado</strong> Suitable for growing as baby leeks, Tornado produces good long stems that have some rust resistance.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Lettuce</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lettuce Little Gem</strong> A deliciously sweet and crisp small lettuce with a solid head which is ideal for growing in containers.</li>
<li><strong>Lettuce Tom Thumb</strong> A compact, small butterhead type lettuce which has lovely, crunchy but soft leaves and is perfect for close spacing.</li>
<li><strong>Mixed Salad Leaves</strong> Most of the seed suppliers sell packets of mixed salad leaves which are ideal for container growing as a sprinkling of seeds will produce a harvest of various varieties, colours and flavours all in one container.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Mangetout</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Mangetout Oregon Sugar Pod</strong> This variety produces a heavy crop of large mangetout pea pods, also known as snow peas, which are crisp and delicious. The pods are stringless when young and are excellent stir fried. Growing to 90cm or 36 inches simply give the plants some twiggy pea sticks for support.</li>
<li><strong>Mangetout Norli</strong>  Norli is a true French type mangetout pea which produces small dark green pods that taste so sweet and crisp. This variety is resistant to fusarium wilt and grows to 60cm or 24 inches. Again give the plants a little support from twiggy pea sticks.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Marrow</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Marrow Baby Bush</strong> A bush type marrow plant producing a great harvest of tasty baby marrows which are approximately three quarters  the size of standard marrows.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pak Choi</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pak Choi Green Revolution F1</strong> This is a compact variety of pak choi, which is slow to bolt, can be used as a tasty &#8216;baby leaf&#8217; in salads or the heads can be left to mature.</li>
<li><strong>Pak Choi Hanakan F1</strong> When mature Hanakan produces gorgeous green leaf baby heads of Pak Choi which are fabulous in stir fries.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Peas</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pea Kelvedon Wonder</strong> A prolific cropping dwarf variety of pea producing huge crops of pods containing approximately seven extremely tasty peas that grows to just 45cm or 18 inches in height. Give some support with twiggy pea sticks. Resistant to pea wilt and tolerant to downy mildew. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Pea Half Pint</strong> Half Pint is a wonderful dwarf variety which will grow to only 30cm or 12 inches in height and requires no support. Continous picking of the pea pods will prolong the harvest. A great variety for children to grow.</li>
</ul>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make the most of your patio or backyard by growing delicious vegetables in pots or containers. There are a number of vegetable varieties specifically bred or suitable for growing in containers and here are some of our recommended varieties.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Make the most of your patio or backyard by growing delicious vegetables in pots or containers. There are a number of vegetable varieties specifically bred or suitable for growing in containers and here are some of our recommended varieties.</p>
<h3>Aubergines / Eggplants</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Baby Rosanna F1</strong> Produces a prolific harvest of golf ball size aubergines which are bitter free. Growing to 60cms or 24 inches the plants need a sunny, sheltered position on a patio or in a conservatory.</li>
<li><strong>Baby Belle F1</strong> A dwarf, compact, spine free plant growing to just 30cm or 12 inches in height producing a great harvest of small jet black aubergines. A sunny, sheltered spot is best.</li>
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<h3>Beans</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Dwarf (Bush) Borlotto Bean Firetongue</strong> Dwarf borlotto beans are a  colourful addition to the vegetable garden with stricking bright red speckled pods up to 16cm or 6 inches in length containing red speckled beans that can be eaten fresh, dried or frozen.</li>
<li><strong>Dwarf (Bush) French Bean Kenyan Safari</strong> An excellent french bean that is very heavy cropping producing large clusters of beans which are held high making harvesting easier. The beans are the ‘filet’ type, very slender and stringless with a fabulous flavour. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Dwarf (Bush) French Bean Sprite</strong> An outstanding variety producing 15cm or 6 inches long dark green, fleshy pods which are completely stringless and taste great. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Dwarf Runner Bean Hestia</strong> A beautiful red and white flowering plant growing to just 45cm or 18 inches in height producing a bumper crop of delicious slim and totally  stringless runner beans.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Beetroot</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Beetroot Pronto</strong> A baby globe beetroot variety, making it perfect for container growing, with a superb flavour and wonderful coloured foliage.</li>
<li><strong>Beetroot Pablo F1</strong> This variety produces dark red round beetroots with only a small tap root making it ideal for tasty baby beets. Use the leaves as you would spinach.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Carrots</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Carrot Little Fingers</strong> This variety is as the name suggests, delightful little roots that are so sweet and full of flavour that can be harvested at only 9 weeks.</li>
<li><strong>Carrot Parmex</strong> A quick growing variety that produces golf ball sized carrots with an excellent flavour as good as any of the traditional carrot varieties. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Carrot Paris Market</strong> A really tasty bit sized carrot with smooth round roots that are fast to mature. Wonderful cooked whole in stews and casseroles.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Chili Peppers</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Chili Pepper Cheyenne F1</strong>  Hot! An early ripening compact variety that grows to 45cm or 18 inches in height. Cheyenne produces a large harvest of hot orange coloured fruits.</li>
<li><strong>Chili Pepper Demon Red</strong> Very hot! A very prolific dwarf variety producing masses of green chili peppers that turn bright red when mature.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Courgettes / Zucchinis</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Courgette Defender F1</strong> Defender is an excellent British bred variety resistant to Cucumber Mosaic Virus that never fails to produce a huge crop of dark green superbly flavoured courgettes. Awarded the RHS Award Of Garden Merit (AGM).</li>
<li><strong>Courgette Black Forest F1</strong> This is a climbing variety of courgette so it is perfect for patio&#8217;s and backyards producing tasty dark skinned courgettes.</li>
<li><strong>Courgette Midnight F1</strong> Another British bred courgette which produces compact plants that are spine free so making it easier to harvest the delicious dark green glossy  fruits.</li>
</ul>
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