Potatoes and the Plots

The past week and a half has brought a lot of changes to the garden at the plots. Some veggies have ended and some are just beginning.

Yesterday I went over there to do some much needed watering and pull the last pea vines. Plans always seem to change and I decided that I better dig the red potatoes and maybe cut back the Kennebecs. As I was digging the reds, I found some that had been partially eaten. After finding that, I decided to dig all of the potatoes. I am really happy that I did!

Here are the partially eaten potatoes that I salvaged and brought home. It looks like a critter has been eating them...but, I found no evidence of moles or voles. After washing and cutting away the nibbled portions I ended up with 5 lbs of potatoes. I am going to make these into Scalloped Potatoes and freeze them for use over the winter. I cannot can them since I don't have a pressure canner, like some people Erin!

The undamaged Kennebecs weighed a little over 18 lbs and they are a good size.

The undamaged Sagre reds weighed 8lbs.

With all the potato problems both here at the home garden and at the plots, we ended up with just over 40lbs of potatoes this year. I'm not complaining one bit! That will be plenty of potatoes for "The Italian" and I to get through the winter. Although we love potatoes, we don't eat a lot of them.

Now for a short tour with lots of pics of some of what is going on over at the plots. I took these pics at 6:30 this morning and the sun was giving me a bit of a problem.

The purple pole beans are finally growing. I think it's going to be awhile before we have any beans. I was really late getting them planted. Tomato Alley in the background. The plants are doing pretty well and I picked the first two ripe tomatoes yesterday, a Belgian Beauty and a CP seed from Thomas.

Bed #2.

I built a couple of trellises last week for the squash in the Three Sisters planting in this bed. In the middle of the bed there are some dry beans. At the end of the bed is where the potatoes were planted. I think that I am going to cover that area for a couple of weeks to kill any nasties and then heavily amend the soil with composted manure. That will give me a good space for the Fall Broccoli and Cauliflower.

The first pumpkin in a sling

The first zucchini plant is producing. We will be picking the 3rd one from this plant tomorrow. There is also another younger plant behind it.

The second Three Sisters planting in bed #4. I did not trellis these squash.

There are several Long Island Cheese Squash on the plant in the front of the bed. Thanks Mimi for the seeds!

Cantaloupe are doing well so far. There is a small one at the bottom to the left if you enlarge the picture.

Here is part of bed #1. The cabbage is doing well and the Brussels Sprouts along the back seem to be holding their own. I am not holding my breath about the remaining cauliflower though. Time will tell if anything comes from those plants. There are also dry beans planted in the empty spaces between the remaining plants.

A couple of other notes for my records. The Heritage Raspberries that were there are now producing some new little berries on the new growth. I thought that they were done...but, I guess that I was wrong. The blackberries are coming on like gang busters. The celery is doing better, we have a lot of little eggplants and the peppers are out of control! That's it for now. I have a long day of canning and freezing ahead of me...so I better get to work!