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Default I did it. I grew a potato

On 2016-07-25 12:23 PM, graham wrote:
> On 7/25/2016 10:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-07-25 11:20 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> http://tinypic.com/r/2qxbwgy/9
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm sure there are more down there but this one was peeking
>>> out. I'll wait a bit until they're larger, not much larger,
>>> I hope. Then I'll dig around.
>>>

>>
>> Do yourself a favour and dig them up while they are small.... new
>> potatoes. They are much tastier than big potatoes.
>>

> My father would have dug up all of them by now. They were rarely much
> bigger than a walnut.


That is when they are best. Small new potatoes straight from the garden
are a real treat.