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I wanted to ask you Sue, what is a grow bag?
Those potatoes looked great to me, the perfect size to go with green 
beans, or boiled and butters with some garlic and roast...mmmm

Susan Trickett wrote:
> Well the small potatoes tasted wonderful, were firm with a smooth
> consistency, not grainy at all. My ratio to potato was less than
> James supposed but I guess anytime you get more than what you plant
> you win. I'll harvest more this week and will save some to plant
> later in the spring. I'm wondering if they'd stored as well in the
> ground as they did in a bag with compost? We get so much rain that I
> was afraid they'd rot but the compost was actually wetter than the
> ground since we've had beautiful clear weather for the last 7-10
> days. Fun to experiment!
>
> Sue
>
> > -----Original Message----- From: vdjor AT yahoo.com Sent: Tue, 20 Jan
> > 2009 18:57:38 -0800 (PST) To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org Subject:
> > Re: [Homestead] Small potatoes
> >
> > One of my favorite dishes as a kid was new potatoes creamed with
> > peas. As I remember the potatoes were very little larger than peas.
> >  Van Dell
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Susan Trickett <gmasue AT inbox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Susan Trickett <gmasue AT inbox.com> Subject: [Homestead]
> > > Small potatoes To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org Date: Tuesday,
> > > January 20, 2009, 6:35 PM I thought you might get a laugh at the
> > > small potatoes we harvested today! I should have put an egg in
> > > the bowl for size comparison. They are a small variety, can't 
> > > remember the name but they ranged in size from a pea to a small
> > > egg. I grew them in grow bags with a little compost on the bottom
> > > and then we filled in with straw. The potatoes are from one bag
> > > and all were in the compost at the bottom. If there were any in
> > > the straw they didn't make it. We had snow cover for about 10
> > > days so I was amazed that any survived. This year I'm planting
> > > bigger potatoes in the ground :-)
> > >
> > > Sue in W. WA
> > >
> > >
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