Well..., no heavy lifting this week..., but I did get a little work done on The Potato Garden along with the every day chores. This year I was amazed at the difference between the Yukon Gold plants and the Fingerling plants.
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| The near row is half Yukons in front and half Fingerlings in the back. The far row was all Yukons and I had already cut half that row back..., until Logan said, "enough". |
The Yukons are already starting to die back and never produced the green growth like the Fingerlings. Here is a shot that shows the difference a bit better.
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| The Fingerlings are on the left and the Yukons are on the right. They were all planted in the same row..., but the Fingerlings grew so tall that they fell over and continued to grow up again..., and are still looking like they are in their prime. Charlie Horse was supervising in the background. |
If I remember correctly, I did plant the Fingerlings a week or maybe two later because that area was still very wet. I am anxious to see if all that green growth has translated to like sized potatoes.
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| You can see the row on the right and how it was starting to yellow up. Again..., the Fingerlings are the tall bunch in the back of the row on the left. |
After I took the picture above..., I cut back the Yukon section of the mixed row.
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| Cutting back the green growth and leaving about six inch stalks for a week or two will allow the skins to harden up..., not so great for eating..., but they keep much better if the skins have toughened up. |
Speaking of "keeping" those potatoes..., it was time to get rid of last years leftover crop..., so I planted them along with the horse manure that I clean up daily 😁
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| Most of them would still be edible if you cleaned the sprouts off..., but when you have new potatoes ready to harvest there is no need to do that. |
Well..., I hope I haven't bored you to death with my Potato Stories..., so I will move on to your Friday Nite Music Video. I feel bad that I was thinking about my dear old Dad's birthday on the 23rd last week and spaced out Julie and I's anniversary on the 20th..., as usual..., RIP dear..., I'll always love you💔
Those fingerlings are awesome spuds!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah..., I started The Garden with just Fingerlings and have been saving my own seed potatoes and growing them organically for many years now..., I will probably dig a few this coming week to see how they are doing :)
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