Grow potatoes in a bag Potatoes are easy to grow outdoors in a large plastic bag. Space saving and fun - and you get to harvest delicious potatoes! See the video for more step by step know-how. Choose an early, small variety of potato for a successful simple tabletop growing activity suitable for all ages and abilities.
Get your potatoes ready for planting by ‘chitting’ them – leaving them out in daylight to sprout shoots. So, for easy chitting, pop your potatoes in an open egg box on a windowsill - stops them rolling off and the shoots getting damaged, and makes them easily portable.
Look out for the symbols indicating which activities build or suit those with specific skills - featured in the Year-Round Gardening Activities book.
Grow a rainbow of vegetables outdoors in containers and bags e.g. carrots , beetroot, peas, spinach, cut and come again lettuce, radish. Then find lovely ways to eat them!
See Carrots in a Box, Early Peas, Quick Crops or why not try some Potato Printing