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Struggling to keep the potatoes under control

May 19, 2011
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I‘m still digging up potatoes from last year’s crop. They’re giving themselves away by starting to sprout, and shooting long stems and thick green leaves up through the soil. It’s a bit galling pulling them all up as they would have made good eaters if they hadn’t started shooting, and I can’t help wondering how [...]

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The artichokes are rising… and so are the errant potatoes

May 7, 2011
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We’re growing artichokes for the first time this year. Why? Because we had them when we were out for dinner a few months back and loved them. Neither of us had ever eaten them before, and we actually thought they were potatoes when they turned up. Not surprising, really. They looked like potatoes in the [...]

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We’ve harvested our main potato crop

October 27, 2010
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The tops of our potato plants have died down, so we dig up the crop and found 135 potatoes waiting under the surface. A bumper crop that should see us through to spring.

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This year’s potatoes are champions

August 29, 2010
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The potatoes we have grown this year are much bigger than any we’ve had before, and more plentiful, too. Digging them up also has the side-effect of conditioning the plot, so it’s a winner all round.

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Potato progress

June 3, 2010
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Our seed potatoes are going great guns. Right across the plot now we have dark green leaves poking up through the soil. We have so many this should easily keep us in potatoes right through the winter.

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Planting up this year’s spuds

May 4, 2010
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The plot is now covered by small white markers, picking out the spots where we have planted this year’s potato crop. We normally grow them in potato bags, but we have good reason for doing it differently this year…

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Chitting potatoes… at last

March 2, 2010
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Our potato order has finally arrived, so we have laid out the new tubers in the outhouse so they can start chitting. They should be ready for planting by early April for a bumper summer crop.

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The potatoes have survived the snow!

January 18, 2010
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Our home-grown potatoes have surprised us – in a good way. After all the snow and ice they still looked good to eat when we turned out the latest bag.

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The potatoes have started

April 16, 2009

Potato shootsRather excitingly, the potatoes have started shooting. I really enjoy growing potatoes in bags behind the greenhouse, as they don’t take up any space in the plot, are easy to care for, and produce the most delicious crop.

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Growing potatoes in bags

March 23, 2009

Seed potato in a bagWe don’t grow potatoes in the plot: we use bags instead. You can use tyres (tires to Americans) just as well, but bags, to my mind, are neater and easier to get hold of. Here’s how to do it.

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