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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject: Taste Test # 3 |
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I knew it was time for the third taste when I saw that the 'Charlotte' potato plants had little berries where the flowers once were.
Well, resigned to eating more fresh spuds, I went to the get the border fork and my partner with her trug to go and pull a couple of plants.
We headed out to the patch and took the first plants in both rows.
One plant had 15 spuds, and the other, 25! 
Nice, big healthy-looking potatos. What a haul!
These 'Charlottes' are supposed to be a kind that keeps well.
After eating them for supper we were unanimous that we definately would have to get more of these next year.
The first plant is lifted:
Now the second one:
We had such a good harvest that we traded the neighbour man for some lettuce and courgettes that we could harvest while he was away on vacation.
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Oh those spuds look so yummy! 
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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They are beautiful, Sjoerd. I could sit with just a plateful of those and be perfectly happy.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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Those look really good. Good thing I had already planned on fixing baked potatoes for supper tonight cause looking at yours has me craving them.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Nice, nice, nice, and did i mention Nice! They look great, and well done! Ohhh pass the sour cream and chives, or hot pepper sauce.
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Oh, poor Sjoerd, having to endure yet another tasting ordeal.  Pass me the butter and a couple of those, and I'll be happy and quiet for a while.  They really look delicious.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Looks wonderful...my mouth is watering!
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They look yummy! And may i say the dirt you grew them in looks marvelous also  !
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I grow charlotte also, a lovely spud. Your soil does look so friable and soft, I have to prize my taters out from the clods of London clay! I am off to the plot tomoz so will dig some more international kidneys. This allotment lark is fab!
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your enthusiastic comments folks.
These were pretty good tasting, I must say. I had to pick up another pack of butter yesterday. 
You know... the sellers of the seed potatos should offer cupons for 50% off one's next cardiogram, dontcha think?
Thanks also for the compliments on the soil. it's that way because of all the hard work my bride and I have put into it. As some of you may know from past posts, this is the new lottie and when we got it it was a complete mess (undergtound). it had been neglected and there were kilometers of roots of all descriptions that had to be hand sifted and removed.
We have done all that and adittionally worked-in our own compost as well as compost that we got from the county council.
That soil had to be turned and sifted so many times, and I'm still not through with it's treatment. Every year it will improve a little more hopefully. I believe the nutrition is reasonable now but the structure needs a bit more improving.
p.s. EJ...do you have a few pics of your Royals?
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I have, and I will post them later. Gotta go cook tea now and I am on courgettes, broadbeans, taters and lettuce all from the alltoment, an exciting salad for me! Glee, I love this time of year!!
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Those 'taters' look good. Now all I need it the butter!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Your potatos look very tasty and oh so yummy.
I have harvested my potatos as they finish early.I oly had 1 short row.I start digging the small ones early to cook with my geenbeans so yummy that way.Then I cook them at other times after I scrap the skins off by them self when butter after done.I raise them so I can have the little fingerlings.
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Wow, those taters look sooo gooood. Guess I'm gonna have to try putting in taters myself next year.
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