Potato plant flowers are actually quite lovely, and their pale pink petals and zest of yellow always remind me that the crop is close to being ready. A true June beauty.
Flower: Potato Plant
How to Grow: Click here.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
Potato plant flowers are actually quite lovely, and their pale pink petals and zest of yellow always remind me that the crop is close to being ready. A true June beauty.
Flower: Potato Plant
How to Grow: Click here.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
They are the staple of many a person's diet, can be roasted, boiled, mashed, baked and chipped, and are ultimately not that expensive to buy. Why grow them then? For one simple reason: taste.
I've written here about the delights of early potatoes, but whether you are growing early or maincrop the difference in taste can be tremendous. Picking a smooth new potato from the earth, boiling until tender and then serving with lashings of butter and freshly picked herbs is simply delicious (particularly with meat straight from the barbeque!). Lifting them from the warm soil and eating not 15 minutes later means that there is no loss of nutrients and no transportation costs (whether that be monetary or environmental) - they are literally fork to fork.
They are also easy to nurture once you've planted them, and if you buy the right variety can keep you in fresh potatoes for a large proportion of the year.
Timeline for growing potatoes:
Four helpful hints:
For more information on potato varieties, their properties and help on what to grow in your area hop over to this very handy website.
Are there any other vegetables you'd like to see a. 'How to Grow...' guide for? Please do let me know!
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