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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After months of very slow progress on the plot we managed to bring in a bumper harvest with just an hour of picking, giving us plenty of beans and potatoes to share with friends.
Rather 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.
We 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.
Spotting a bargain in town at the weekend, we bought ourselves some seed potatoes to plant for this year’s crop, having more or less decided that we wouldn’t be doing them this time around.
Turning out the first of four very late potato bags revealed a healthy crop of good firm spuds, reviving our faith on the humble vegetable after disappointment last time around.