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Friday, August 13, 2010

a happier potato story

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I went out and dug a bit in my garden just now. What a relief to find a bunch of nice potatoes!

From one All Blue plant, I found 4 potatoes. The other plant I dug was a Green Mountain (I think, though can't remember for sure). Three big potatoes from that plant. The yields are low because the bed gets sun from noon-3. With so little sun, I'm really glad to get this many. And they are so pretty!

And no critter damage!

Yippee!!

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10 comments:

  1. meemsnycAugust 13, 2010 3:26 PM

    Ooooh, I love the blue potatoes! Pretty!

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  2. DanAugust 13, 2010 9:58 PM

    Ah very nice! I dug some potatoes today too. Wish there was more but I always wish there was more... :-)

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  3. My Veggie GardenAugust 13, 2010 11:44 PM

    Your digging yours up and I'm putting mine in :)

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  4. earlysnowdropAugust 14, 2010 3:37 PM

    Beautiful potatoes. I just read an article on a blog from Sunset magazine about potato towers. You might want to try next year.
    http://www.sunset.com/garden/fruits-veggies/how-to-grow-potatoes-in-towers-00418000068323/

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  5. WendyAugust 16, 2010 1:16 AM

    great! I love the blue potatoes. Don't they have a really pretty blue flower as well?

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  6. Marian(LondonUK)August 16, 2010 3:55 AM

    Sadly our first earlies were like pebbles, not enough rain. We have had a few heavy showers this week so hopefully the lates may perk up a bit, hope so.
    Marian (LondonUK)

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  7. MatronAugust 16, 2010 4:43 AM

    I dug my blue potato plant yesterday, it has been such a dry Summer, I only had 4 or 5 tiny, tiny potatoes!

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  8. SalixAugust 16, 2010 11:09 PM

    We really enjoy our potatoes when they are very young and sweet, tender with the skin just flaking off. Dig and cook the same day! That is the reason that we grow our own! The taste is incredible! We start harvesting the first ones as soon as they are the size of a golf ball. In a few weeks we will harvest whatever is left to enjoy throughout fall and maybe early winter.

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  9. GettyAugust 17, 2010 9:19 AM

    Beautiful! We're also getting about 5 potatoes per hill. We have had plenty of rain all summer, our problem is hard clay soil. But we love every bite we can get. I keep thinking I'll have leftovers for potato salad - there are never any leftovers.

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  10. kathyAugust 17, 2010 12:45 PM

    I remember reading somewhere that a good potato farmer can get up to 20 from a hill. 5 sounds good to me.

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