Here is what the garden looks like in mid-october. Its still surprisingly green and growing. The potatoes (bottom right) look like they are just starting to die out. It doesn't matter if they are done or not, because I need to plant next year's garlic where they are now!
After some digging it quickly became apparent that the early-season Red Norland potatoes (died off in early july) did not do too well this year, while the late-season Kennebec Whites (the ones that are still alive in the picture above) exceeded expectations. Thats why I planted a couple different varieties. If the conditions are poor for one kind, they might still be good for the othe kind. After all the digging and washing, this is what the potatoes looked like.
I put the camera lens cap there for some scale, but it still doesn't quite convey how big some of those white ones are. How much potatoes is that you ask? After taring the weight of the bin, those potatoes weighed in at 41.2lbs!! I've already asked Jaime to start looking into potato recipes, but its likely that we'll have to give some away because there is no way we can use that many potatoes. Combined with the 2.5lbs of red potates I harvested earlier in the year, that comes to 43.7 lbs. Approximately 5lbs were red and 38lbs were white.
After some digging it quickly became apparent that the early-season Red Norland potatoes (died off in early july) did not do too well this year, while the late-season Kennebec Whites (the ones that are still alive in the picture above) exceeded expectations. Thats why I planted a couple different varieties. If the conditions are poor for one kind, they might still be good for the othe kind. After all the digging and washing, this is what the potatoes looked like.
I put the camera lens cap there for some scale, but it still doesn't quite convey how big some of those white ones are. How much potatoes is that you ask? After taring the weight of the bin, those potatoes weighed in at 41.2lbs!! I've already asked Jaime to start looking into potato recipes, but its likely that we'll have to give some away because there is no way we can use that many potatoes. Combined with the 2.5lbs of red potates I harvested earlier in the year, that comes to 43.7 lbs. Approximately 5lbs were red and 38lbs were white.
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