tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567066498008776041.post109535407557177617..comments2024-03-23T11:54:03.133-05:00Comments on The Shovel-Ready Garden: Potato harvestCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621220516578692069noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567066498008776041.post-72645531211734613762011-05-25T11:49:45.475-05:002011-05-25T11:49:45.475-05:00My neighbor just called me over to look at her tat...My neighbor just called me over to look at her taters she just discovered popping out of the ground. She had both red and white varieties she picked up at Walmart in March. The biggest was about 4 x 3 inches. It was a complete surprise for her. Apparently her mounding was flattening out and exposed the spuds.<br />I have three potato cages that are 3 feet in diameter going with La Soda, Kennebec,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567066498008776041.post-25405842936101497252010-06-09T20:10:21.929-05:002010-06-09T20:10:21.929-05:00i've tried growing potatoes for 3 seasons now....i've tried growing potatoes for 3 seasons now...this season seems like there might be quite a bit, but i don't know. i've dug around and there are definitely tubers but they are still really small, not even "new potato" size yet. and a couple of the plants are still flowering...wierd. i planted in february too..haha<br /><br />anyway, what potatoes we have harvested in Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998862149005133518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567066498008776041.post-39065799850258422282010-06-06T10:00:40.945-05:002010-06-06T10:00:40.945-05:00Katina, thanks for the recipes! I'm tempted t...Katina, thanks for the recipes! I'm tempted to cook up some breakfast potatoes right this minute.<br /><br />Lancashire rose, I just placed a seed potato order from Ronnigers.com and specified a shipping date of mid-July. That will give me time to cut, dust and cure them before getting them in the ground by mid-August. I ordered small quantities of Red Lasoda, Banana, Yukon Gold, Yellow Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621220516578692069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567066498008776041.post-64094348645264760252010-06-06T06:43:35.586-05:002010-06-06T06:43:35.586-05:00Oh my goodness. What a crop. I am definitely going...Oh my goodness. What a crop. I am definitely going to try potatoes next year. I have 2 big plastic pots that would just be perfect. They use grow bags a lot in England. They just seem to me to be a bag of potting soil that you slit on the top and plant. Maybe they have more time release fertilizer in them. August- where will you get the seed potatoes?Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567066498008776041.post-82823477092629544042010-06-05T23:00:37.964-05:002010-06-05T23:00:37.964-05:00Bob at Draco Gardens has told me that fall potatoe...Bob at Draco Gardens has told me that fall potatoes are way better than spring potatoes...the problem is finding seed potatoes for the fall.<br /><br />My favorite potato recipe is a toss up between homemade twice baked potatoes and breakfast potatoes. I've actually posted the recipes on my non-garden blog a while back for a friend who is culinary-challenged. One is under Breakfast Potatoeskatinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658859113915782535noreply@blogger.com