First, earlier this week I harvested a boat load of lettuce, but I forgot to take a picture of it until the man was half way done with his salad:
That was awesome. Yesterday I harvested a motherload of rosemary that was shading out my zucchini plants and a few zucchini babies that I'm fairly positive didn't get pollinated since I've yet to see a bee and there were not male flowers opened at the time. I used some of both in our eggs this morning. Yummy.
Now for the awesomest part. Last year I drooled over everyone's potato harvest pictures. I wanted to try to grow potatoes so badly, but I didn't have any garden space to do so, but I did have a bunch of empty pots so I decided to try to do it in pots. I was skeptical since I know nothing about potatoes or when to harvest them. I read in a book this morning that when your potato plant flowers, you most likely have new potato sized tubers under there. Well, one of my plants had flowered....a long time ago, and I had potato-tomatoes!!!!
Did that mean I had potatoes underneath? I decided to give it a shot and dug down... and down...and down and found nothing.
Frustrated with the whole thing, I ripped up the entire plant and LOOK!!!! Them' potatoes!
I cooked them up for lunch with carrots, garlic and rosemary from the garden. I'm ashamed to say I didn't share it and ate the whole plate myself, but boy was it just decadent.
There was nothing like it in the world. Hop on by Daphne's to see what everyone else is harvesting!
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Congrats on those potoatoes! My first year for growing them was just last year and I remember being so giddy that it actually worked, lol! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHaha! Congrats. I'm sure everyone else will get some next time around. Unfortunately, flowere for me are still a long ways away.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations of the potatoes- YAY!!!!!! (I am itching for harvest time already. Boy is it going to be a long summer waiting for spuds!)
ReplyDeleteYou got taters! Good for you. I got nothing....
ReplyDeletewhat a nice surprise!
ReplyDeleteNice potatoes. Are you planning on saving the potato seed?
ReplyDeleteNext time, just wiggle your little fingers under the plant and gently remove those potatoes. The plant will keep right on producing them. There is nothing better than a freshly dug potato. Nothing. Store bought potatoes have no flavor in comparison. I know Mr. Granny looks forward to those fresh potatoes more than anything else I grow.
ReplyDeletePotatoes and rosemary in the same week is just the perfect pairing. Yum. Congrats on your potatoes.
ReplyDeleteAll right! The taters look yummy! I can't wait to pull more of mine, and have enough to cook...
ReplyDeleteI'm with Granny, there's truly nothing like a fresh dug potato! I'll bet yours were a real treat.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone! I'm just thrilled. No, I'm not going to save the seeds, but I noticed today that the rest of the plants are looking a little worse for wear even though they don't have flowers. I'm wondering now if I should dig those up, too.
ReplyDeleteYay Potatoes! They're so yummy fresh aren't they!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your potatoes! I have not yet tried to d=grow potatoes in containers, but you all are inspiring me to try too.
ReplyDeleteHow fun, potatoes in pots. I tried growing them for the first time this year in Smart Pots made of a felt-like material. I put in three (per pot) organically grown blue potatoes that had sprouted too badly to eat, and got back about 30 potatoes of varying sizes. I've already harvested the first pot and will harvest the second pot soon.
ReplyDeleteOh those spuds look good!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the potatoes! I really need to give those a go!
ReplyDeleteNice looking potatoes!
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