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Potatoes In Sacks, Oh me of Little Faith!!!


Potatoes In Sacks, Oh me of Little Faith!!!

You may remember my blog in March this year when I was a tad sceptical about growing spuds in anything but the ground. But I bought these sacks(must have been on special offer ,I reckon!) . and planted three 1st early tubers.Today, I had a rummage round and look what I found. But I left the plants in place so any tiny spuds can,hopefully, keep growing to a good sizeI must be a modern gardener afterall!! These are Dunluce, a 1st early that doesn't flower. They tasted great with salad!



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well done

3 Jul, 2009

 

yes well done paul

3 Jul, 2009

 

Well done, Mr Modern Gardener. Bet you're the first person to be delighted to 'get the sack'.

3 Jul, 2009

 

Have been thinking of having a go at this, so seeing your results I think i definitely will. I thought it wasn't too late to start off late potatoes but when I asked at the garden centre for seed potatoes they said they finished ages ago.

4 Jul, 2009

 

What a lot you've got... :o)

4 Jul, 2009

 

Oh yes!( said in Churchill the dog voice!!!!!)

4 Jul, 2009

 

i hate that ad paul just cringed lol

4 Jul, 2009

 

I prefer "simples" ...the Meerkat :o)

4 Jul, 2009

 

Yes, makes me laugh that one! But not as much as the latest Spec savers one where the old couple get on a rollercoaster(to eat their sandwiches) by mistake. " What kind of cheese was that?"

4 Jul, 2009

 

grrrrr TT
yes i can laugh at that one paul about the old couple

4 Jul, 2009

 

Makes Julie and I giggle everytime,that one!!!

4 Jul, 2009

 

lovely couple, aww

4 Jul, 2009

 

Since I took my TV remote control out instead of my mobile phone, my daughter says I could easily 'do' that advert :)

4 Jul, 2009

 

lol Gee, they can look simalar though,

4 Jul, 2009

 

I've done worse than that. went to spread Jam on my toast this morning and Julie said'Why are you opening the jar of beetroot???

4 Jul, 2009

 

so you like beetroot on toast paul, thats cool lol

4 Jul, 2009

 

Didn't realise we had a jar of beetroort. Must be weeks old Sanbaz. I've already dug up two lots of Beets' this year. Gorgeous.
Yes, poor old devil and I used to laugh at my mum years ago when she put shoe polish in the fridge!!
I said to her the other day 'Mum , Why's there an empty milk bottle in the fridge? She sai ' Just in case someone wants black coffee!!!!'
Oh, alright, I'll admit I made the last one up but the rest is true!

4 Jul, 2009

 

great joke paul. love pickled beets but cant eat them boiled,,

4 Jul, 2009

 

Oh gorgeous, still hot with a bit of sugar and vinegar!!!!!

4 Jul, 2009

 

yummy,,, lol,, nite paul, remember marmalade on toast for brekie

4 Jul, 2009

 

do you have to wait till the plant dies back before u harvest spuds???

5 Jul, 2009

 

They turned out great Paul...... i grew mine in pots and have already eaten some..............left the rest to get bigger......

5 Jul, 2009

 

No, Sandra not necessarily, most first and second earlies are harvested from when the flower opens but there are some that don't flower so it's a bit of guess work although main crop you do, as you say wait till foliage begins to die down.

5 Jul, 2009

 

thanks Paul. they still lookin good.

5 Jul, 2009



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