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It’s harvest time for some veg, and we’ve been pulling out spuds, onion and garlic. The potato crop did reasonably well. For one seed potato we got on average a kilo return (give or take). We tried three different types, Kifler, Dutch Cream and Pontiac. I think my favourite as a cropper is the Dutch Creams. We’ve roasted a few and they all roast well. Now those beds plus the onion and garlic beds are all emptied and will be having a rest for a while, then soon to get a little treatment with more manure and straw to prepare the soil for the next type of veg…..yet to be decided.
The spud harvest sat in the sun for a warm afternoon, still covered in dirt and now stored in a large hessian bag to use through winter. We might even plant some more very soon so they will catch the last bit of summer and can be eaten during the cooler months.
It’s not hard to grow these babies. Nothing flash. Just a simple food item that we eat very regularly. We tend to grow the basics more so than ‘gourmet’ veg that isn’t part of our true staple diet. These potatoes will make excellent gnocchi, soups, salads and roasted. Delish little gems straight from the soil.
Whole Larder Love 
Go the spud!
Yeah Ro got 10 kilos form just 4 spuds from my little patch…a great return for little work.
i wish i had a tiny piece of land somewhere!
it’s funny how the harvest time changes from one place to another!
baked potatoes salted, with olive oil and black pepper is just simple and amazing.
The star potato in our garden these past couple of years has been the Blue Sapphire. We get great harvests and it adds another colour to our visual palette. Not the best for mashing as it looks more like blueberry porridge but cooked whole and cut into chunks it looks so exciting in a salad with it’s rich purple glossiness.
Mmm… I can’t wait for spring to get here so I can plant some taters. I love the waxy kind the best. They’re so amazing in soup. Almost like butter!
yummo. Ours are just about ready- here’s hoping for a great harvest like yours!
Seems it’s a small world, this blog world- Rach Jackson (of picklebug) saw my garden posts and said I would love your blog- she was right.
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A favourite summer salad for my husband’s Italian family is warm potatoes, tomatoes, olive oil, salt and oregano.
This year, instead of a white and red salad, we have a purple potato and yellow tomato salad!
It’s certainly colourful and lotsa fun!
Firmer potatoes and tarter tomatoes.
Different but noice.
What kind of garlic do you grow around these parts?
My first year growing garlic.
The Early Purple did well – not so much the White Australian.
I saved a few seeds and bulbs from previous years crops. To be honest I have no idea which ones are which…..but these big purple skinned guys did really well. Great size and great flavour. I tend to save what ever works well and use it the following year. I once got a garlic given to me by a bloke at work, who told me it was Australian garlic, a variety I guess suited to our climate because its the one that works super well in my yard.
You’re the Chuck Ragan of cooking, Rohan! And that’s not a bad thing I guess! Keep up the good work and I dig your Instagram photos! Regards from Holland.
Cheers! I’ll have to look up Chuck Ragan now!!