31 Oct 2012 22 Comments
I harvested the first bag of potatoes today. Not a huge harvest but I’m happy with the result. I plan to boil the baby ones for dinner, add a knob of butter and mint from the allotment.
I also picked some silverbeet, kale, beans and parsley.
Happy gardening.
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Oct 31, 2012 @ 17:32:10
You just can’t beat new potatoes with butter.
Nov 01, 2012 @ 15:22:45
I agree. Delicious.
Nov 01, 2012 @ 17:39:55
My potatoes are still in the ground. They have just started to flower.
Nov 02, 2012 @ 10:09:54
Good luck with the potatoes Pecora. Hope you get a good crop.
Oct 31, 2012 @ 20:41:31
The little ones are the best treat. I miss them already. Now I’ll have to wait until next spring again. Enjoy!
Nov 01, 2012 @ 15:23:28
The little ones are a treat. I have two more bags to harvest over the next couple of weeks.
Nov 01, 2012 @ 04:46:03
WOOT Jean! What a wonderful harvest! We just planted out 2 veggie beds full of vegetable futures (hopefully 😉 ) and can only begin to imagine a crop like yours. I adore potatoes…if they were in human form Steve might have a problem! I can actually imagine the sweet tender taste of them steamed and dripping in minted butter and its only 5.44am! I am going to get planting some silverbeet and kale in some more garden beds (yet to be made) soon. We are going great guns with our veggie garden bed production but today its steadily raining on Serendipity Farm and so I think we might have to postpone our blackberry culling event and focus on cooking indoors 🙂 Cheers for another amazing and inspirational post 🙂
Nov 01, 2012 @ 15:24:17
Thank you for your kind words Fran. You are really surging ahead with your vegetable garden. Congratulations.
Nov 01, 2012 @ 17:13:03
I take that as high praise from you Jean, you are my vegetable guru 🙂
Nov 01, 2012 @ 18:50:09
What a lovely compliment Fran, from someone with your horticultural background.
Nov 02, 2012 @ 02:33:03
Always remember Jean…a tonne of knowledge isn’t worth anything unless you know how to apply it! Thats where Steve and I have had to go back to basics and learn how to apply what we have learned. You are WAY up there in the practical while we are scratching our heads over how to apply what we have learned sometimes 🙂
Nov 02, 2012 @ 10:07:44
Hi Fran. I have found it helps that I garden in an allotment attached to a community garden where there are plenty of folk around who can give me practical advice.
Nov 01, 2012 @ 20:25:13
Looks great. Hope the potatoes were tasty.
Nov 02, 2012 @ 10:09:03
Hi Plotcraft. They certainly were. I think the butter helps, I don’t usually dollop butter on (the waistline you know!) but sometimes it’s only butter that will do it.
Nov 02, 2012 @ 06:52:06
My mouth is watering just looking at your harvest…another 8 months until I have new potatoes again!
Well done
Nov 02, 2012 @ 10:06:19
Oh dear you do have a long wait to your new potatoes again! Hope you have other lovely young veggies to make up for that.
Nov 02, 2012 @ 09:02:49
Lookin’ good!
Nov 02, 2012 @ 10:05:22
Thank you Mrs Yub.
Nov 02, 2012 @ 11:13:59
One of the first treats from the garden is when we have creamed new potatoes and early peas. My mouth is watering now.
Nov 03, 2012 @ 17:38:12
I agree, new potatoes and early peas are the way to go!
Nov 03, 2012 @ 03:41:30
This is such an inspiration to get myself in gear for our next planting season…it’s coming soon!
Nov 03, 2012 @ 07:13:58
Thank you for your kind words Katie. I am enjoying following your blog with your interesting topics.