August 14, 2007

After a long day crawling through squash plants and performing surgery that is not for the squeamish, I belive I may have saved the squash.  Yesterday's rain helped as well.  The plants that were wilting are now looking alive.  Only time will tell of course but the effort has been made and now all that is left is to wait.

Today was spent weeding since it was too damp to do much else and I must say that the place looks marvelous!  Weed free in the places that count (we won't speak of the other places...).

Potato digging comes next.  Most of the plants are starting to die back (normal behavior for potato plants) so now is a good time to start the harvest.  Eight varieties of potato are on tap for this year:

Yukon Gold - these make the very best homemade potato chips ever

Huckelberry - My current very favorite potato

All Blue - A blue skinned, blue fleshed potato that has high levels of anti-oxidants, not to mention great taste.

Cranberry - A pink skinned, pink fleshed potato that is also sweet and creamy.

Norland Dark Red - New to the line up this year - I have yet to taste it.

Elba - The best potato for baking and mashing - a flaky texture and great classic potato taste.

Carola  - The best yellow fleshed potato.

Reddale - A red skinned white fleshed potato - also new to the line up - I haven't tried it yet but will let you know what it's like shortly!

Time for bed - digging potatoes is hard work and I need to rest up!