The pressure is off – I took my OU exam last week and there is a four month break before my next course starts so I can do some of the more relaxing things in life.
With a long unseasonably cold and wet
Spring, and having other things to do, I didn’t start the veg patch till last
Tuesday. By Sunday the plot was dug over
and all the seeds sown. I’m hoping that the summer stays long enough for
everything to grow enough to harvest.
Last year, a cold wet growing season made
plants susceptible to all sorts of pests and diseases. The potatoes didn’t look pretty when they
came out of the ground but the problem was only skin deep and they could still
be eaten.
I
decided that this year I would grow potatoes in large grow bags in case
anything from last year was still lurking in the soil. Today, eight days after planting, one of the
sets of potatoes was sprouting through the soil. Variety?
Rocket.
