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Surprising stories from a giant celebration of the humble tattie: the 2024 Borders Organic Gardeners’ Potato Day. Every year, a thousand or so potato-philes travel to the Kelso Showgrounds to source the varieties they love best. Forget your Maris Pipers, BOG Potato Day has almost 100 varieties - each one with a unique history, flavour and character. I learn why it’s worth growing your own, tales of the breeders and gardeners who have saved the potato from being lost, and which is best: mash, roast, boiled or chips. I discover that there is far more to the potato than meets the eye.... --------- Find out more at BordersOrganicGardeners.org This podcast was founded by the Borders Good Food Partnership with support from the Scottish Borders Council and the Scottish Borders Climate Action Network.

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