I Dug Some Potatoes Today

jerryinfla · April 22, 2014

I harvested my first potatoes of this season today and if today's haul is representative of what's left to dig I should get more than 100 pounds from two 32 square foot beds. It also looks like there will be plenty of baking size spuds too. Of the 10 pounds I dug today, six were about the size of the one I'm holding.

Worth1 · April 22, 2014

Sure you did you did.
You piled up some weeds and took potatoes from the store and put them in your garden.

Worth

Zana · April 22, 2014

Looking great!

peppero · April 23, 2014

Looks good to me Jerry. I know you will enjoy them.

jon

BucksCountyGirl · April 23, 2014

Awesome Jerry! May I ask what variety that is? I am starting potatoes for the first time this year (French Fingerling and German Butterball).

jerryinfla · April 23, 2014

Yeah!!! The Worth we know and love is beginning to show his true colors. I think about you often because I know what you're going through right now. Someday we'll both be our old selves again -- at least that's what they tell me. I don't expect life will ever be the same because there's a huge part of it missing now but I do hope to develop a new normal -- someday.

Kelli, I was hoping nobody would ask what kind of potatoes they are because the truth is I don't know. The past couple of years I bought seed potatoes from a big box store and they had names on the package. This season I bought them in bulk from my favorite nursery -- one handfull of "whites" and another handful of "reds." These are obviously the whites -- I'll dig some reds soon.

They taste as good as they look too, Zana and Jon. I fried and baked some of them last night -- ate the fried ones with dinner and a baked one for desert. I'll have another baked one at lunch today then freeze the others. Since I'm doing my own cooking now I like easy meals -- from the freezer and cans.

BucksCountyGirl · April 23, 2014

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Originally Posted by jerryinfla

They taste as good as they look too, Zana and Jon. I fried and baked some of them last night -- ate the fried ones with dinner and a baked one for desert. I'll have another baked one at lunch today then freeze the others.

No worries Jerry! The last part of that post is all that counts! Wishing you continued potato success

moray-eel-bite · April 23, 2014

They look like kennebec to me.

Worth1 · April 23, 2014

Yeah im back sort of.

The potatoes look good.

Worth

**Lee** · April 23, 2014

Agree, probably Kennebecs. The reds should be Red Pontiac, as those are two very popular potato varieties sold in nurseries and the big box stores.

Looking great Jerry!

Lee

wmontanez · April 23, 2014

I also think they look like kennebec. If you french fry one and it taste AMAZING then probably are~

Looking great there with that harvest jerry

ginger2778 · April 23, 2014

Those look so good Jerry. I'll be over for dinner on Sunday!

Marsha

jerryinfla · April 25, 2014

I finished harvesting the whites yesterday and dug all of the reds today. Together they're just over 90 pounds -- a bit short of the more than 100 pounds I thought I might get. I'm pretty sure you folks are correct too -- the whites are probably kennebecs and the reds are probably pontiac reds.

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Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Looking great! __________________ Zana ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ There is a fine line between genius and crazy. I like to use that line as a jump rope. ~Anonymous (but I totally agree with this! LOL) Forgive and Forget? I'm neither Jesus or nor do I have Alzheimers. ~ Anonymous Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	Awesome Jerry! May I ask what variety that is? I am starting potatoes for the first time this year (French Fingerling and German Butterball). __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

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jerryinfla Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Central Florida Posts: 377	Yeah!!! The Worth we know and love is beginning to show his true colors. I think about you often because I know what you're going through right now. Someday we'll both be our old selves again -- at least that's what they tell me. I don't expect life will ever be the same because there's a huge part of it missing now but I do hope to develop a new normal -- someday. Kelli, I was hoping nobody would ask what kind of potatoes they are because the truth is I don't know. The past couple of years I bought seed potatoes from a big box store and they had names on the package. This season I bought them in bulk from my favorite nursery -- one handfull of "whites" and another handful of "reds." These are obviously the whites -- I'll dig some reds soon. They taste as good as they look too, Zana and Jon. I fried and baked some of them last night -- ate the fried ones with dinner and a baked one for desert. I'll have another baked one at lunch today then freeze the others. Since I'm doing my own cooking now I like easy meals -- from the freezer and cans. __________________ Jerry - You only get old if you're lucky.

April 23, 2014	#10
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Agree, probably Kennebecs. The reds should be Red Pontiac, as those are two very popular potato varieties sold in nurseries and the big box stores. Looking great Jerry! Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

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wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	I also think they look like kennebec. If you french fry one and it taste AMAZING then probably are~ Looking great there with that harvest jerry __________________ Wendy

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Sure you did you did. You piled up some weeds and took potatoes from the store and put them in your garden. Worth

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peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Looks good to me Jerry. I know you will enjoy them. jon

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moray-eel-bite Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 47	They look like kennebec to me.

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Yeah im back sort of. The potatoes look good. Worth

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ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Those look so good Jerry. I'll be over for dinner on Sunday! Marsha