Actually I don’t say potahto. I say tomahto but that’s it in that category. I do love that song with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. What a musical combo. I love listening to them. Not like today’s singers that overload on those silly runs trying to prove they can sing. If you can sing, just sing!
It was time to harvest the potatoes. I was keeping my fingers crossed we would have a bumper crop and then we’d have to figure out how to store the tremendous bounty. Reality wasn’t quite like that.
We had already harvested the two little towers and didn’t get a whole lot but they were small. We had enough for a few meals. But it was time to tackle the two big ones. You know they are ready when the plants die back.
My husband tipped them over and it was time to dig in. The kids had fun with this. Nothing like getting all dirty!
We had a few good size ones like this one but many were small and some pea sized. I kept those too. My husband thought I was crazy but dang it we grew them, we’re keeping them!
We filled the bucket about halfway. Not exactly the tremendous bounty I was dreaming about.
But it was more than what we bought to plant and they are delicious. I’ll have to do some research over winter to see how to increase our yield organically. In the meantime roast potatoes and parsnips sounds good. 🙂
The towers are a great idea! In Vancouver, the city organic gardens are literally sprouting up all over the place. And the produce that comes from these small plots is truly astonishing. Your potatos will be delicious!!!
They are delicious. It’s like corn, you want them right after picking when they are at their best! 🙂
They do look good. Home grown potatoes have a special taste, no question. I say this with the authority of regularly eating the home grown potatoes that are given to me by my farming neighbours. I very much like the idea of the towers. Nice post.
I see you have a tough life with all that goodness round you. 🙂
congrats on the crop! they look great…and of course you should keep the tiny ones, they are quite tasty!
Oh they will be used! LOL
ok did I miss the post where you explain how you grew these? This is amazing , the dirt hre is very poor and I trhink this is a wonderful idea! Can I ask for the directions on this and when you start them? =) ~Thank you from Farmer Dumb lol
Here is the first post on them from April. 🙂
http://ourgrowingpaynes.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/planting-potatoes/
You never really know what the harvest will be when you plant something new in a garden. For a first crop I think you guys did fantastic — and next year will surely be better.
This is our second year but last year we only did 1 tower to test it out and this year we did 2 large ones and 2 small ones. Definitely will do it again next year.
You may not have the amount you wanted but boy do those look yummy! Now, you can improve for next year….:)
I hope we can improve. I love fresh potatoes.
I think I may try growing them next year… Fresh is always Best 🙂
A few meals of wonderful 🙂 After years of succumbing to supermarket convenience, I’m back to good old dirty potatoes – I need a new peeler but my goodness the taste difference is incredible.
It’s funny I never peel my potatoes. I love the colour and flavour of the skins. I just give them a good scrub and off we go. Most of the nutrients are just under the skin as well. It is amazing the taste difference. True for most veg.
Do you have any tips on achieving that good scrub? No matter how long I soak or scrub or what with I just can’t seem to get the dirt out of the skin. I love the skins too which was why I was buying washed potatoes.
I usually just use a scrub brush under running water. Don’t usually have an issue.
Thank you. I have some lovely dirty kipflers to see how I go with 🙂
Good luck! 🙂