"Mike Tickle" wrote in message
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Spuds can cope with pretty ropey conditions on newly reclaimed land.

I grew spuds the year before last and was dissapointed - they took up a
huge
area (copared to say the carrots) and did not crop much. It was ahrd work
digging them out of solid clay and I managed to get my fork stuck in to
nearly every spud :-(

Again, look at your varieties.
I grow on clay and some work others don't
Pink fir apple grew like a weed in Hampshire for me. Here in Shropshire it
is
a lot more restrained but still worth growing.

Ask around what works for others.

Dave