2023 Spuds

       

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!