Mashed Potato

The hut re-opened today, and with it the arrival of the seed potatoes. Flo and I arranged to arrive at bang on 10 for the opening, however we couldn't get in for the mad crush of people. It was like the first proper feed after a long winter - elbows flying, teeth barred; it was a war zone. However, we managed to fight our way in a buy ourselves this years supply of seeds and potatoes:

Beetroot - Boltardy
Cabbage:
Red Drumhead
Savoy - Ormskirk
F1 Stonehead
Calabrese - F1 Marathon
Carrot:
St. Valery
Autumn King 2
Early Nantes
Courgette - F1 Jemmer
French Beans (Climbing) - Blue Lake
Leek - Argenta
Parsnip - Tender and True
potato:
Arron Pilot
Pink Fir Apple
Sante
Pumpkin - Hundredweight
Radish - Cherry Belle
Rocket
Swede - Best of All
Sweet Corn - F1 Kelvedon Glory

We then headed over the road to sort out the potatoes. We made a workbench out of the runner-bean canes and placed the potatoes in their egg-trays for chitting, leaving them in the sunlight. There they will stay for the next couple of months till mid-April when we plant them out.



We finished harvesting the Jerusalem Artichokes and found that there were a few more than we had expected! Re-planted 14 back into the same bed.





We also finished harvesting the broccoli as well as pulling a few leeks.

We still need to finish removing the path.