We noticed both locally and in the Agriculture News that crop failures were bad this year because of the late spring, higher rainfall, and cooler than normal temperatures in the west and mid-west this summer.
But we did have potatoes, and they were tasty. Nice to be able to go out and dump a container of potatoes on a tarp and dig through them for dinner.
The highlight of our Potatoes this year was when sister Susan visited. We made a vegetarian lunch for her mainly from out of our garden. She got to pick her own beans and potatoes. She thought it was great. Funny, we were standing by the bean plants, and I picked one off, snapped it in half and gave it to her and said, "Eat it, most people don't even think you can just eat this right off the plant". She was amazed and reported they were great, "Ya know, one just does not think of eating a raw bean off the plant and they are great".
Next year 2020, we think we are going to plant the potatoes in the ground. We have a bed that I have already worked, so it is very loose and has lots of organic material in it. Probably go back to the fingerling varieties we grew in Virginia, which really worked well. Back in VA, we grew our potatoes both in a 4' x 16' raised bed and in used tires. Both did well.
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