Living in S.E. Essex I'd have thought the first of my spuds would've
been about ready by now (Foremost planted early March, followed by
Kestrel in April, Desiree in May), but the only ones to have flowered so
far are the main crop!

Maybe I planted them too deep (about 9"-12"), but if you could have seen
the heavy claggy soggy mess that was the soil I put them in at the time,
you would understand why.

I will be patient.

What I did find, lurking in the corner of the compost patch, was a
well-developed potato plant, no doubt grown from some peelings. Hmm,
wouldn't be any harm in taking what's under there, I thought.

Glad I did -- a nice little nest of rosy new spuds, variety unknown, but
mostly pink. Had them just now with breakfast as a side-dish with some
sour cream & chives. Yum!



--
Neil Trotter, Canewdon, UK. (Amend email address to use).