Posts Tagged Sharpes Express
Spud Sunday: My Favourite Spud
When Bord Bia’s Best in Season website asked me to write about my favourite spud, I was happy to oblige – so here he is, Mr. Sharpe’s Express himself…
Topics: Garden, Spud Sundays, Vegetables
Spud Sunday: Small Potatoes
My excitement at digging the first new potatoes of the year quickly turned to disappointment at the size of the crop…
Topics: Garden, Spud Sundays, Vegetables
Spud Sunday: The Great Potato Heist Of 2009
Just as I was about to plant this year’s crop of potatoes, I make the terrible discovery that some of my rare potato seeds have been the subject of a heist, or at least so it seems…
Topics: Garden, Spud Sundays, Vegetables
Tags: Nicole Kidman, potato, potatoes, Sharpes Express, Shetland Black
Spud Sunday: One Lumper Or Two?
There are a bewildering variety of potatoes out there and I’m trying to figure out which ones to grow. Definitely won’t be growing Lumpers, though. The infamous potatoes of famine times in Ireland were reputedly nasty, wet and just not very pleasant.
Topics: Garden, History, Spud Sundays, Vegetables
