Spuds in Buckets
You may have noticed various bedraggled women* running around the village in
torrential rain and gale force winds on Monday 10 March? If so, you would have
seen that they were carrying uniform black buckets, that they stopped at
certain houses and handed over the buckets and a small potato.. .
A strange new ritual has come to Swaffham Prior - and 106 households have signed up to it. The Spuds in Buckets competition commenced on 10 March, and between that time and 13 September the challenge is to grow the heaviest yield of potatoes possible from one seed potato in the regulation bucket. And what a competition it will be - will the crafty quilters beat the yoga class's meditation tactics? Will the potato farmers stand a chance against the school children? Surely, it won't be one of those outsiders from Soham, Quy, Burwell or Cambridge that takes the prize? All talk is of chitting, plunging and banking up, and I now have more than enough information on the contents of people's compost heaps!
St Mary's Church is grateful to all those undertaking this challenge - all monies raised will go towards the Maryloo project to build a loo in church - it seems appropriate, somehow!
* Thanks to those windswept women - Kate Childs and Linda Evans - for their help in delivering, and to Ryan for labelling, 100+ buckets.