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Thursday, 9 June 2011

First harvest: new potatoes

This afternoon I decided that I can't wait any longer - I'm going to dig up new potatoes and eat them for dinner, even if they're so small that I have to dig up half a row to get enough for a meal.

I identified my victim:


I didn't choose this one just because that's where I'd left the fork, honest

I dug it up...


Yep, there are definitely potatoes in there

... and harvested several actual potatoes! After I'd forced Ian to be impressed, then washed them, I weighed them to see how much I'd got from one plant.


Eleven ounces of very white new potatoes

I'm not sure whether or not I'll keep this up, but I would like to have a record of what yield I get from all the veg in the garden. In the meantime, this is the first harvest of a crop I've planted in this garden, and I'm very excited about it! I'm also very much looking forward to eating my fresh new potatoes for dinner. Yipee!!!
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  1. mrs green @ myzerowaste.com10 June 2011 at 07:54

    Ahhhh, fantastic - it is SO exciting isn't it? I've been growing potatoes for about 10 years and it's still just as awe inspiring to dig up the first crop. Hope they tasted good!

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  2. Alison10 June 2011 at 09:23

    They look good and tasty! Reminds me of my Dad's home grown potatoes. Mum always put mint in the water when she cooked them. Yummy! I wonder if I'll have a success when I try growing them for the first time :-)

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  3. Rachel10 June 2011 at 10:53

    I also cook them with mint, and they were delicious! Even Ian admitted that they're 'a fair bit less disgusting than other spuds'.

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  4. Anonymous10 June 2011 at 11:08

    I laughed out loud at that glowing praise! Your garden looks fantastic. I'm feeling very inspired by your moisturiser making - you make it seem very possible, where do you get your beeswax?

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  5. louisa @ TheReallyGoodLife10 June 2011 at 11:55

    Hahah, great review there, Ian :)

    They do look like they'd be a lovely texture. I was thinking about harvesting some of ours soon - you've inspired me to check them out this weekend :)

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  6. Rachel10 June 2011 at 12:10

    dichotomyof, you need a good old fashioned hardware shop for beeswax. It comes in little 4oz (OK, it's 125g these days) ingots, usually with 'BEESWAX' stamped along the top. I think it's probably easier to make moisturiser in warm weather, when it doesn't cool quite so rapidly, so give it a go ;-)

    Louisa, you are much more patient than me. I've been poking mine for weeks!

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