Plot Update August 10th
It’s been awhile since I last went down to the plot between work and having things on every weekend. Lisa has kept the produce coming and kept on top of the plot on the afternoons after work so its still Read More …
Category: Potato
Plot Update Late May/Early June 2015
Due to the month lost recovering after back procedure we were up against it this year for planting. Usually things catch up though by late summer so over the last few weeks we have been weeding, prepping the beds, sowing Read More …
Plot update 15-17th May 2015
Finally after several frustrating weeks of recovering from back procedure could get back to whipping the plot into shape. With time split between the plot and the garden through Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday managed to start to get Read More …
Plot over Easter break
Made a start over Easter on the plot again since it finally began to dry out from the usual winter bog it becomes. First 6 potato bins done – Pentland Javelin and Sharpe’s Express first earlies and two bins of Read More …
Potatoes, Onions & Garlic for 2015
Garlic already planted in November and has started peaking through the soil already. Was very happy with both the white and red onions harvests last year so have gone for the same varieties again this year. Stuttgarter Giant and Red Read More …
September 27th – Last beans and courgettes
Harvested the final potatoes for this year and will publish a final tally for reference for next year in another post. Also last of the runner beans, courgettes and some swedes. Also retired the runner beans and cleared the bed, Read More …
Potato weigh-in 2014
Final tally’s are now in for the Potato varieties grown this year. Grown in dustbins with 5 tubers per bin and 2 bins per variety (Exception is Purple Majesty where 20 tubers were planted in 4 bins). Pentland Javelin 1st Read More …
September 25th – End of Season nearly
Winding down now and Lisa ventured own to the plot and brought back a trug of Corn, Courgettes, Runner Beans and a Cabbage. Turns out the Highland Red Potatoes have red flesh (sort of) in the end too!
September 07th Harvest
Forgot to add in the previous potato post that we harvested 5.516Kg of Maris Peer second early potatoes and also 2.175Kg of Highland Red Burgundy but we still have 1 bin to empty of those so that figure will probably Read More …
September 07th – Plot Update
A few hours this afternoon to harvest some more produce including the Purple Majesty potatoes, wind things down and begin preparing for winter. The cloches were dismantled and frames stacked ready to be anchored once the last two brassica protection Read More …