POTATOES

This weekend we got stuck into weeding. So although they are not all gone yet, we are definitely making progress.
Have any of you wondered where potato seeds come from? (It was suggested that next year we plant from seeds rather than using the eyes on the potatoes the way we did this year.)
Well, from the fruit. Here is a "bunch" of the fruit that is starting to grow. It will be interesting to watch them grow.
And it's finally time to see what has been happening under the ground.
We were really impressed with the size (and smoothness) of our lovely looking potatoes.

Rachel was very excited to count them all. She counted the tiny ones too (you can see one closest to the camera). It ended up being a maths lesson too. She counted 36 potatoes from 3 plants and worked out that it was an average of 12 potatoes per plant. Not at all bad for our first crop. And there are some big ones there too.

They have come a long way since November.