Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The English are very confused about my wee Norn Iron. Hope this helps. 020
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The latest sauce has been appropriately labelled. 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The hottest sauce yet. Made with one of world’s hottest a Carolina Reaper. It even looks evil. I suffered a bit trying its neat raw power. Carolina Reaper is about x500 -1000 hotter than the jalapeno on your pizza. 100
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So who agrees with this list. How many have you watched. 📺 100
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026First time growing these weirdos. We think we’re going to make Kohlrabigemüse with them. You’ll probably have to google that, we had to. 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just love the colour of this variety. Lilac wand 🍆 010
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Blimey !! 8 years ago today !! When I was still pretending to be a scientist 🙃 130
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The “egg” is out for the first time this summer. Just been too hot to oven cook outside. 120
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Some people occasionally ask how I spend my days now I’m retired-well-a toy we’d ordered for our grandson arrived today but it also included a free gift of 3 tiny figurines that needed to be put together. As they’d contain bits too small for him-well-that’s how I spend my days 😂 180
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 20/07/2026He was a great footballer but also a really really nice man. RIP. 010
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Pot planted onions. First harvest. Red, yellow and white onions 🧅. Amazing what you can generate from a pot. 040
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 06/07/202635 years !! 35 bloomin years. As of today that’s how long this wonderful woman has put up with me as her hubby. Don’t know how or why she’s done it but I’m very pleased that she has. Happy wedding anniversary Diana ❤️ 050
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Well blow me over with a feather !! Having worked with Chenopodium amaranticolor for over 30 years as a plant virologist I never ever knew it was called tree spinach and sold as a herb !! Am I the only stupid plant virologist/plant pathologist/ plant scientist out there. 211
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Holly shit 😱 Bristol !! Feels like 49oC. And as sure as hell it does. And more. 100
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 22/06/2026😱😱😱⚡️⚡️⚡️ It’s coming 😱 Look out Bristol !!! 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 02/06/2026You know you’ve made it in academia when several hundred undergrads sing your name in a song at their leaving Ball (Wonderwall) 130
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Essentially found my life bio in alcoholic miniatures Buckfast - aka Lurgan Champagne Potato vodka- Ireland Liverpool vodka- mighty reds Sweet potato rum & Sweet potato gin - I’ve worked in sweet potato viruses in my job Challenge anyone else to manage this 🤪 031
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Before the horrible portacabin things appeared. Those beautiful gardens designed by me. Ruined by others. 🙃 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Not a bad days discovery. Now time to wack them on the barby. 🎣 140
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 30/04/2026When I appeared on hit BBC podcast #Uncanny on my time in Alanbrooke Hall QUB that was weird enough. But now a band has many an album based on it all & Room 6:11 You can listen to the album from the link below tinyurl.com/3zv8j574 Come on @danny_robins time for the movie🎥 041
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 21/03/2026104,000 people at this concert. And who was in charge of bossing them around. Yep, her…… ❤️ First photos as BTS make live return in front of huge crowd www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 010
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Needed hot sausage roll and hot drink as beach very windy and cold 🥶 040
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Before I retired, colleagues couldn’t believe that I’d just walk away easily. Saying I was so passionate about science and lecturing and my commitment to the university as a whole. You’ll get bored they said. Err…..no 😂 Best life after 🙃 0140
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 24/10/2025My view as a virologist over 2 years before COVID hit !! 130
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Very appropriate 😂😂😂 My better half would agree 🙃 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Our kids never threw out a book their entire lives. Therefore we’ve about 25 years worth stored in our loft for both of them. We’ve finally decided to sort Finding some classics. Fishing with Foster….The legend begins 😂 could change ‘fishing’ for a wide range of things 😂😂😂 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Only UK people will understand and also those of a certain age. Still very very proud of all my badges especially the silver. Still have all my letters from Biddy Baxter. The nicest person I’ve ever met in my childhood universe. #BluePeter 130
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 05/10/2025As an academic/scientist I might’ve worked on sweet potato diseases for many years. But I’ve still got a lot to learn about growing them outside in the UK. But still not to bad a crop so far 🍠 120
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Needed a drink to get thru Dancing Queen and Super Trouper 060
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 15/08/2025HBD 🥳 to my very own Queen of the Slipstream ❤️ 010
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Front row seats in pub in Croyde for Liverpool match ⚽️ Pint of lovely chilled cider and chilli nachos. #heaven 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Tonight’s menu. Just a little something I rattled up the good lady. But she’s worth it. 120
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Always grown Maris Piper. First time ever growing Maris Peer. Looking forward to outcome. 🥔 Anyone out there grown Peer before. 110
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Our homegrown potatoes, leeks and onions are about to be turned into chunky leek & potato soup by my better half. Can highly recommend this recipe 🥣 www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/... 120
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 14/07/2025That’s last 🥔 pot harvested. All from a single pot. Good old reliable Maris Piper. Now time to plant Summer Planting Potatoes (also known as Second Cropping or 'Xmas potatoes') Again grandson Dylan & other half Diana nowhere in sight. They might get sacked as my potato pickers🙃 230
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 13/07/2025We’ve had the curtains permanently closed in the house for several days now to try keep the heat out and the house cool in the awful UK heatwave. We’ve just opened the curtains and had a peek to see if the heat has reduced any, and…….. 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 13/07/2025As the UK suffers (and me) in this heatwave I’m reminded what sort of phrases we’d use back in my wee homeland of Norn Iron. Us Irish melt at these temps 🥵 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I chitted all my seed potatoes really early this year and planted them out super early in pots with cloche covers initially. This is the yield from single pot of one of my maincrop 🥔 'Rooster' A great yield in July when you would normally harvest September to November 000
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 08/07/2025We can HIGHLY RECOMMEND you all go and see The Ballad of Wallace Island @BalladofWallis 020
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Any of my planty followers recognise what this is. There’ll be a follow up question. 720
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Another day potato picking with the wee man. The first potatoes were Jazzy salad potatoes that we posted a while back. These latest ones are Rooster main crop. All produced from a seed potato in a pot. 🥔 010
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social · 18/06/2025And all grown in pots. Everyone who is not a serious gardener should give it a go. Still loads of starter veg available in garden centres. 120