11 May 2008 - The Great Potato Dig

SPONSORED POTATO PLANTING

 

Produce donated to

 

AGE CONCERN

 

11^th May 2008   7am – 7pm  

 

we pledged an hour or more to plant spuds

 

 

 

 

We  have had sponsorship from

 

Brookside Nurseries,

Birstal  Garden Centre,

 LAGC,

Palmers  Garden Centre, 

Thompson and Morgan,

Dobies 

Alan Romans DT Browns

 

Thankyou to all our sponsors. without your help this would not have happened.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Ernie and Roy having a well deserved break.

  Junior, Ian, Nick, Steve and Helen planting the seed potatoes.

  Steve, Ian and Sam

  Nick with the rotavator and furrow attachment. this made planting so much easier. thanks to colin who spent the whole day before manufacturing the linkage so the attachment fitted this machine after the original one broke down.

  Nigel in the background, with Helen and Steve earthing up the potatoes

  another well deserved break. 11.00 am, and 23 degrees. what a scorcher!

  Grandfather and Grandson

  this is Richard Brooks, a local farmer. he has ploughed 1.1 acres, and is now power harrowing it readyfor us to plant our seed potatoes. we used 1500 sq yards for potatoes, the rest is available as cleared allotments ready to let to new plotholders.