Delayed starch gratification

Months later, well month later, I am back up at the top vegetable plot and digging potatoes. This was the last row of Pink Fir Apples that I had completely ignored. Well, moved it so far down the gardening list that it dropped off the summer to do list page.

The weather right now is cool and perfect for grappling in the dirt and hunting spuds. I can’t say it’s a bumper harvest. So it is yet another  lesson to try and learn – don’t plant Scottish potato varieties in the south of France. We’ll have to gorge on the reliable Charlotte and Ratte next year.

Pause there. I’ve just done two loads of laundry and it has started to rain. Is it a passing shower or settling in for the duration? My garden heart says bring it on. My domestic inner goddess is shrieking with frustration and vex.