2023 Spuds

I can't get my head round blue potatoes.

I can't get my head round blue potatoes.

I grew them just the once they tasted to earthy for me, they  were better as roasties or chips though, so they didn't get wasted.

I can't get my head round blue potatoes.

I love blue spuds     . I don’t notice any real difference in flavour. I do draw the line at blue mash. But again it tastes fine. It’s the eating with your eyes thing. Like Bren I love them roasted & chips but that’s my favourite what ever colour spud I’m eating. Blue potato salad is awesome  

this should really be under 2022 Spuds, as I have harvested some rogues from last years Solist’s that were small missed ones.

           

I had a furtle in my first potato tub yesterday and there's some nice ones in there. I'll harvest at the weekend.

I have some rogues in a couple of pots. Maybe I'll treat myself to a furtle at the weekend. Something to look forward to.

       

These are the potato beds I carved out of weeds this week. The first one has some Gemson spuds and the second has 5 red skinned potatoes. All spuds were freebies so nothing to lose by trying to grow them.

First bed - raspberries on the left, then Elephant Garlic. The spindly trees are supposed to be plums but they've gone feral. If they do nothing this year, they'll be removed. behind them are a couple of small pear trees and the big bush is forsythia. the white flowers are Aquilegia that I didn't have the heart to pull up.

Second bed - the remains of a holly and hazel that needs to be cut down on the left. Rhubarb behind the log. Blackcurrant bushes on the right with hidden rhubarb in between them. Couch grass and weeds in the foreground!

I had a furtle in my first potato tub yesterday and there's some nice ones in there. I'll harvest at the weekend.

I couldn't wait.

   

These are Kestrel. When I put them in I thought they were first earlies, but actually Kestrel is a second early. There's plenty enough here for our tea tonight. I've re-planted the haulms, given them a good soak and put the tub in a shady spot to see if they perk up. You never know, I might get a few more tubers in a month or so.

We had some of ours tonight, steamed with lots of salty butter. Yummmmmmmm