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QueenJess

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

ZsaZsa

QueenJess said:

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

We live semi rurally and all the garden centres and agricultural supplies shops round us sell them. Although I bought a sack of potatoes in Sept which were great, then another just after Xmas which didn’t store so well- I assumed because they’d already been hanging around a while if they were harvested at the end of the summer. It’s made me wary of buying anymore now until this summers harvest (although I could, of course, just been unlucky)

mumtoomany

Our local veg shop sells them, they are wholesale as well as retail. Currently 3 sacks for £12 or £7 each. Another thing to look out for is "pony carrots" These are normally, £2.50 for 10kgs. The same as people carrots, but misshapen and broken. HTH. Mumtoomany.xx

Slinky

ZsaZsa said:

QueenJess said:

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

We live semi rurally and all the garden centres and agricultural supplies shops round us sell them. Although I bought a sack of potatoes in Sept which were great, then another just after Xmas which didn’t store so well- I assumed because they’d already been hanging around a while if they were harvested at the end of the summer. It’s made me wary of buying anymore now until this summers harvest (although I could, of course, just been unlucky)

We used to buy sacks of spuds directly from farms when I was a child. There would be a sign beside the road where they were being sold. Dad used to always tip the spuds out of the bag onto some newspaper outside and let them dry out fully so there was less chance of rot. This was in the days when they would still have mud on them.

CCW007

Slinky said:

ZsaZsa said:

QueenJess said:

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

We live semi rurally and all the garden centres and agricultural supplies shops round us sell them. Although I bought a sack of potatoes in Sept which were great, then another just after Xmas which didn’t store so well- I assumed because they’d already been hanging around a while if they were harvested at the end of the summer. It’s made me wary of buying anymore now until this summers harvest (although I could, of course, just been unlucky)

We used to buy sacks of spuds directly from farms when I was a child. There would be a sign beside the road where they were being sold. Dad used to always tip the spuds out of the bag onto some newspaper outside and let them dry out fully so there was less chance of rot. This was in the days when they would still have mud on them.

We buy sacks of potatoes from the farm and my MIL can't understand why as "you're just paying for the mud"    When we pay £6 / £8 for 20kg (or thereabouts) and she pays £1 for 1kg in the supermarket. 

Slinky

CCW007 said:

Slinky said:

ZsaZsa said:

QueenJess said:

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

We live semi rurally and all the garden centres and agricultural supplies shops round us sell them. Although I bought a sack of potatoes in Sept which were great, then another just after Xmas which didn’t store so well- I assumed because they’d already been hanging around a while if they were harvested at the end of the summer. It’s made me wary of buying anymore now until this summers harvest (although I could, of course, just been unlucky)

We used to buy sacks of spuds directly from farms when I was a child. There would be a sign beside the road where they were being sold. Dad used to always tip the spuds out of the bag onto some newspaper outside and let them dry out fully so there was less chance of rot. This was in the days when they would still have mud on them.

We buy sacks of potatoes from the farm and my MIL can't understand why as "you're just paying for the mud"    When we pay £6 / £8 for 20kg (or thereabouts) and she pays £1 for 1kg in the supermarket. 

The mud helps keep them fresh for longer

linz

QueenJess said:

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

My local farmfoods sells potatoes and onions in bulk. The potatoes dont last that long before they start chitting though. Lidl also do sacks of potatoes iirc but not onions

LadOnTheHill

We get potatoes and onions from one of our local independent shops. Kept cool, they last for a few months. We did have a nasty surprise once, where one of the spuds had gone rotten, so now we open the bag fully and inspect it before putting them into a tray. I made the mistake once of washing them, which made them all start chitting straight away. They're kept in an unheated outhouse, in the dark.

Rosa_Damascena

Spendless said:

I decided to tidy our conservatory today. The winter/early spring sunshine coming through the windows make it really pleasant. No need to have any heating on. 

I'm surprised how much I miss my conservatory. Yes it had its drawbacks but it was a warm retreat for a good seven months of the year!

Auntycaz

CCW007 said:

Slinky said:

ZsaZsa said:

QueenJess said:

Does anyone know where you can buy big sacks of potatoes and onions? I am assuming it will be cheaper and they should keep for a while.

We live semi rurally and all the garden centres and agricultural supplies shops round us sell them. Although I bought a sack of potatoes in Sept which were great, then another just after Xmas which didn’t store so well- I assumed because they’d already been hanging around a while if they were harvested at the end of the summer. It’s made me wary of buying anymore now until this summers harvest (although I could, of course, just been unlucky)

We used to buy sacks of spuds directly from farms when I was a child. There would be a sign beside the road where they were being sold. Dad used to always tip the spuds out of the bag onto some newspaper outside and let them dry out fully so there was less chance of rot. This was in the days when they would still have mud on them.

We buy sacks of potatoes from the farm and my MIL can't understand why as "you're just paying for the mud"    When we pay £6 / £8 for 20kg (or thereabouts) and she pays £1 for 1kg in the supermarket. 

I used to go halves with my mum for a sack of spuds from the cornershop across the road from her when my daughter was young. They lasted much longer than the washed supermarket ones and had more taste too.