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first earlies
« on: June 15, 2013, 21:03 »
Dug my first homeguard today
Bit disappointed only 8 potatoes not a bad size tho
Tasted good wiv some ham and butter tho  ;)

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bravemurphy

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2013, 21:16 »
Yum.

tipped a pot out tonight loads in there but all a little bit bigger than a 2 pence piece (bomber marble)

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First new potatoes of the year!!!
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2013, 14:02 »
I scratched away at some dirt today by one of my Orlas that had finished flowering and came up with some nice sized new potatoes!  I can't believe how excited I am!  :D

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Re: First new potatoes of the year!!!
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2013, 14:21 »
Youve not eaten them yet  :(   :D

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Re: First new potatoes of the year!!!
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2013, 17:47 »
Youve not eaten them yet  :(   :D

I'm just debating that now hehe  ;)

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2013, 18:45 »
just ate mine and they were lush.

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2013, 22:16 »
Dug up one of my plants this week-end (foremost earlies) and eat them. Great! ;)

I'm now thinking of digging the remaining 9 plants. How long will they keep and how best to store? Probably not looking to store for long as I will be eating them all pretty soon!  :lol:

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2013, 22:21 »
The best place to store them is in the ground.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2013, 10:12 »
The best place to store them is in the ground.

Yes I know  ::), but I need them out of the ground ;)

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2013, 10:34 »
Can I show off please? my first harvest. They tasted lovely  :D
harvest no1.jpg
My husband's a water sign, I'm an earth sign, together we make mud :-)

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http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=101101.0

Comments most welcome here please
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=101102.msg

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Growing4mykids

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2013, 10:43 »
Right sweatpea, that's it, one of mine is coming up in the next half hour  :D if no picture follows it's because i'm sulking in a corner somewhere!!!!  :tongue2:
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how i keep from going under......

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Sweetpea C

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2013, 10:55 »
LOL - i shall await the squealing noises when you dig up the treasure. Really nothing quite like it :-). Good luck :D

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2013, 11:14 »
If you think you may have heard a squeal, it was'nt me, mine was more of a groan  ;) so i'm now sulking in my newly started 'sulking corner'  :tongue2: :)

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2013, 11:30 »
Thats a good harvest.good size spuds.how many plants was that?

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Sweetpea C

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Re: first earlies
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2013, 11:44 »
Chin up G4MK, they will grow soon :-).

That was nearly a kilo from 4 plants. I think they are arran pilot but I got the labels mixed up so they could be pentland javelin   ::)

Just got to persuade my daughter that she does like to eat them now!


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