Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be harvesting potatoes on June 23. We even got our potatoes in a little late and we were still able to harvest three of the five plants.
Usually our potatoes are scrawny and small. Sometimes they have a disease called scab on them. So we didn't know what to expect since it was so early.
Don set the shovel far enough away, we thought, but he cut right through a big potato. Bigger than any other we had ever harvested. And then we dug up more and more, some that were as nice as any a person could buy in the store. Don set them out on the kitchen cabinet for us to look at. We are impressed . . . and we still have two more plants that are not ready to harvest yet.
We also picked several chiles. I was hoping, because the weather had been mild, that they would be mild as well. I cooked them last night, and mild they were not. A little ice cream after dinner helped cool the tongue!
We are very proud of our first harvest of the year and are looking forward to many more chiles and tomatoes to come!
dang. I want some of those potatoes. A little ensalada rusa sounds PERFECT right about now.
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