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THURSDAY, <strong>11</strong>JULY <strong>2024</strong> |THE GERALDINE NEWS |PAGE 3<br />
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Ready to plant Christmas potatoes: (from left) Cooper (6), Audrey (5), Zoe (6), and Maisey (6) with Woodbury School Home and School chair<br />
Stazirae Roberts and committee member Martina Bühler. PHOTO:Jan Finlayson<br />
Christmas potatoes made easy<br />
Thehumblespudisamainstay of theWoodbury<br />
School Home andSchoolfundraising calendar<br />
as much as it is aculinaryand economic staple.<br />
Seed potato orders are now open, says home<br />
andschool presidentStaziraeRoberts.<br />
In two-kilogram bags, theHighlanderseeds<br />
producehigh-yieldcropsofwaxywhite-fleshed<br />
potatoes in 80 to 90 days.Not so humble after<br />
all. Stazirae says the timing ofthe fundraiser,<br />
whichwillsee onetonne of seedsreturn$6,000<br />
forthe home andschool’sprojects, means“you<br />
canget them in earlyfor Christmas.”<br />
Seed sales are anew take on the group’s<br />
annual potato fundraisers, which have, until<br />
this year, focussed onfresh potatoes. Stazirae<br />
explains,“In 2018,[potato seed producersand<br />
then-school parents] Andy andTraceyMcKay<br />
donatedthemand plantedtheminthe paddock<br />
beside theschool.The kids dugupand sold the<br />
newpotatoesand used themoney to buildthe<br />
BMXtrack on thepaddock.”<br />
The initiative ongifted growing spaces<br />
continueduntil theMcKay children finished at<br />
Woodbury School. The family is keen to keep<br />
helping the home and school by giving seed<br />
potatoes, which the school’s children will bag<br />
andsell. Stazirae says,“Onehundred percent<br />
gratitude tothe McKays.” Andy McKay says,<br />
“It’s something we can dofor the local school<br />
that benefittedour children so much.”<br />
Woodbury School Home and School seed<br />
potatoes are $12 per two-kilogram bag.<br />
Informationonpurchase,payment,and collection<br />
is on theGeraldine BuySellSwap&Community<br />
Notice BoardFacebook page.The potatoes will<br />
be in cool storage except forplannedcollection<br />
dates: 1August, 15 August, 29August, and<br />
5September.<br />
To learn more, contact Martina Bühler on<br />
02<strong>11</strong>19 7230 or at buehler-martina@bluewin.ch.<br />
JAN FINLAYSON<br />
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