First New Potatoes. 7.5.18

 A few of the potato plants have browned and withered, so I dug them up.  These were potatoes that sprouted in the garage, so I planted them in late winter.  The other plants are a few weeks from harvest.

The starts were so dried out, I didn't know what they would look like.  I broke off the longest shoots, and left the shortest to grow.

Not a bad harvest.  One bunch of russets and one bunch of red potatoes for potato salad.

This year I planted in trenches, filling in as the plants grew.  The rationale was that they would need less water, in the heat of summer, and there might be fewer eaten by voles.  So far, no vole browsing at all, and they have not been watered in at least a month.