This is the first year we have grown our own potatoes and we decided to grow them in six designated sacks, and the varieties we have grown are Swift, Charlotte and Vivaldi. They have been a joy to grow, very easy and satisfying as there is growth daily which feels extremely rewarding given the vast amount of compost and water they require to grow. This is our first harvest from about three weeks ago. Since then we have harvested a sack each week so we still have three left to enjoy as Autumn draws closer.
So far we have enjoyed the super fresh potatoes in dishes that we devoured as soon as I had finished making them. However I will now start to use them in soups and casseroles that can be frozen and enjoyed on those chilly days of autumn and winter when only hearty meals will do. Preserving the fruits of your labours is one of the most enjoyable aspects of gardening and eating your own produce, as you can extend the happiness that the delicious fruits and vegetables brought you in the summer, even when it is raining cats and dogs, the leaves have fallen from the trees and there is woodsmoke in the air.
Happy Thursday dear ones
Love Morwenna
xoxo
Looking for potatoes in the soil looks very relaxing! Enjoy your harvest!
I have always wanted to grow our own potatoes, and these look so firm and potatoey! But its that beautiful soil thats getting me….it so rich and dark.
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julie
What a beautiful post Morwenna! I have never tried growing potatoes. I would love to experiment with it some time! Yours look gorgeous and they must be delicious. Sometimes we go to the Farmer's Market to pick up fresh, local potatoes. You can taste the freshness, and they are so delicious! I have to tell you that my heart melts when I see Poppy's face looking at the camera, with potatoes in front of her. She is gorgeous! Happy Friday darling! xoxo
i was SO HAPPY to see you today, my friend
you have been missed…loved seeing this glorious post !!! i have to try this…
happy to be back in touch…it's been WAY too long…Poppy is ADORABLE !!!! so are your kittys
sending love today from kary, teddy and all the farmhouse kitchen kittys
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Oh, look at your lovely potatoes!!! Yum!!! When I was little, we lived on the edge of town and behind our big, white house was field. Crops rotated, but most of the time…potatoes were grown. So…it brings back lots of happy memories for me : ) Love and hugs, Sherry xxx
The potatoes look so lovely!!! I love seeing the photo of Poppy with a bit of dirt–just precious!!! I love a garden—how wonderful that you've both worked at this and now can enjoy the harvest!!
Love to you both!
Joann
XO
Gardening, fresh vegetable and fruits are the best part of summer. Well someone is fresh and clean! Look how white Poppy's feet are!! Love the little specks of dirt around her mouth.
We are interested in how you grow potatoes in a sack. Here is East Tennessee, in the States, our potato harvest this year, sadly, was pitiful. Where would we find how you did this?
Love Poppy, and the cats, of course.:-)
I want to burrow down and read your whole blog!
Your little cavalier is of course the sweetest thing on four legs. I love cavaliers happy personality. The colors of the turquoise and the dirt !! I will be back to read more must go get my hands dirty in some clay 🙂