Spuds

One thing on which all the books agree is that potatoes should be gathered on a dry day. There haven't been many dry days recently down our way, so we decided to harvest ours yesterday during a dryish interval in the afternoon. We had planted two varieties, Desirée and Charlotte, as late crops back in August, and the results while not spectacular, were satisfactory. Within about two and a half months both varieties had produced enough for a small sackful from just ten tubers. This picture shows the Charlottes, but given the amount of mud, the Desirées did not look very different.