Potato House News

Fantastic video from The Young Grower showing how to plant potatoes in buckets. He is so right to grow varieties that you can't easily buy in shops.

Plant potatoes with kids in Easter Holidays for an enjoyable activity that kids of all ages 3-103 can get involved with! The act of burying the potatoes and then digging for treasure a few months later is always exciting.

Add unexpected colour to your plate with this year's potato crop

Heritage Spuds. Images of pink and purple fleshed tubers, bowls of colourful mash and tonally ringed crisps catch the eye.

Scotland's Larder talk to Andrew Skea about how Brexit is affecting the Scottish seed potato industry and about growing your own heritage spuds.

Video about how to Chit Potatoes by The Young Grower. His page is very informative on all aspects of veg growing. And chickens! You can't forget the chooks!

Potato House is proud sponsor of Grow Your Own Potatoes where all primary schools in the UK are invited to grow potatoes.

We are reluctantly forced to close our online shop to customers in the EU and Northern Ireland. We have grown...

Rumbledethumps is a traditional dish from the Scottish Borders. The main ingredients are potato, cabbage and onion.

Our friends at the Potato Shop have come up with a fabulous way to serve potatoes.

The revival of the "tattie holidays" as we recruit some children to help with our breeding plots.

Talking tatties to a fellow potato enthusiast George Anderson from Beechgrove Garden and enjoyimg the homemade crisps on offer!

You don't need fancy equipment to grow potatoes! Christmas Potatoes planted in compost bags.

Planting potatoes in summer for a Christmas Harvest

Let Shetland come to you

In 2020 we supplied 200 local children with 3 tubers, one each of Arran Victory, Colleen and Pink Gypsy.

Prizes for best yield for each variety, the best overall yield, the biggest tattie, the best up-cycled container, the weirdest looking tattie, the best pic of beastie or flower and the best-cooked dish

I can’t think of a more thoughtful festive gift; a pot of potatoes for lunch! What a talking point!

The talented young writer takes on a lockdown challenge. GYO potatoes in bags for life.

Our Christmas always revolves around family, and lots of good food and wine.