The staggeringly industrious Club Secretary, Lynne has spent considerable time and effort researching and implementing the 2026 Potato Growing Competition and all members of the Club have been given the opportunity to chance their arms at growing the heaviest crop from two seed potatoes to be judged on the last Saturday in June. Everyone has been given a growing bag in which to perform this horticultural alchemy but the choice of growing medium has been left up to the individual. Compost of some form will be the general option but what variety will prove to have the winning formula? Will ‘Jack’s Magic’ outdo Durstons’ finest or will B and Q ‘Verve’ peat-free multi-purpose take Supagrow organic garden compost to the cleaners? Watch this space for continuing reports on progress across the parishes and be prepared for tales of sabotage and midnight raids as hints emerge as to where bumper crops might be found! Will some people resort to buying and burying supermarket produce in their bags as the day of judgement gets closer?
Following the announcement of this solanum tuberosum tumult, the speaker for the month had her hands full in trying to gain the attention of the audience. Whilst Ms. Willis was trying to achieve a bit of focus on her chosen subject of roses, many minds were wandering on to the topic of the fertilising potion that might be concocted in order to grow prolific potatoes, superb spuds, tremendous ‘tatties’ or multitudinous ‘murphies’! However, the attention of the members was rounded up and pointed in the right direction and roses in all their forms were introduced and discussed, with especially useful and beautiful varieties being given prominence. Ms. Willis is to be thanked for and congratulated on her effort as she was a late replacement on the evening for Lindsay and Stephan Lister whose knowledge of pollinators will, for the moment, have to remain under wraps.