First Earlies

We've been lifting first early potatoes for a while, and replanting second-cropping potatoes. This weekend, with some help from Hazel and Alex (who were visiting), we've lifted the remaining Rocket and Lady Christl, along with the potatoes that had come up in the fruit beds.

This came to about 45kg/100lb of potatoes, which has meant a lot of cleaning! We've now got about 90 days of potatoes lifted and ready to eat, and have planted out all of the second cropping seed potatoes (twenty of each of Vivaldi and Orla).

Potato Harvest - Lady Christl (© Ian (2011))

We had a good time with our guests, as well as making them lift potatoes, and the rest of the garlic (now drying, ready to plait later in the week), and it was good to see them. We were very lucky with the weather, and spent a fair time outside.