One potato, two potato

This weekend we cleared one complete row of International Kidney spuds. Some had scab, one or two had rot and a few were speared when digging them up... but the remainder were excellent and the yields were fantastic.

Because they were left in late, the tubers had grown beyond what we expect as typical small 'Jersey Royal' salad potatoes. They looked more like a maincrop. I have placed the potatoes in layers of newspaper to dry them out a bit and will then store them in paper sacks.

The larger spuds are quite floury and, although not usually recommended, should be good roasted or baked. The small ones will be steamed and used in warm salads.

We will next be harvesting the one remaining row of International Kidney and the last row of Anya, which have also performed exceptionally well, producing good quantities of the small, knobbly tubers.

This will leave our maincrops (Desiree and Cara) to harvest in September.