Potatoes were introduced to the Shetland Islands as far back as 1588, when they were believed to have been salvaged from a Spanish Armada shipwreck.
Beach memories from World War 2
‘Nine Star’ a perennial broccoli lasting 4/5 years
The allotment has a lot of Slow Worms
My attempt at solving the heat loss in winter in my polytunnel.
A winter’s day task. Fed up with endlessly writing planting labels for your seedlings?
Black Spanish Round and Watermelon Red Meat Radishes. A Winter edible delight.
Shetland Black Potatoes have a distinctive dark purple colour and are kidney shaped. The tubers are smaller than modern potato varieties and slightly erratic in shape
