Another batch of spuds harvested

Today I harvested 2 of the Pentland plants.

Final spud bag of 2009 harvested

Today I harvested the final potato bag of this year. This bag contained Pentlands - quite a good crop. I plan to harvest the remaining potatoes growing in the garden over the next few days, as the first frost cannot be too far away. I'm not sure what effect a frost would have on the crop, but it's best not to take any risks.

Foxes dig up spuds

While watering the spuds in the garden this evening I noticed that the foxes had dug up some spuds from one of the plants. I placed paving slabs and old roof tiles around to try and deter further raids, but from my experience with the strawberries, now they know there's food there, the foxes will be back.

B*st*rds.

Spud bag harvested

I harvested the first of the replanted potato bags (the one on the left in the pic above). IIRC it contained 3 Charlotte and 1 Pentland seed potatoes. Crop wasn't too bad.

Wallflowers germinating

...but no sign of activity among the seeds I gathered from plants last spring (the pot on the left).

Spud updates

I think the time for harvesting this batch of spuds may be approaching (I said that about two weeks ago as well).

None of the plants in the bags have flowered, but that may be because they were planted rather late in the season.

Tomato blight?

I think my 'main' tomato plants may now have blight. Not sure what to do. The fruit is unaffected so far, but I don't have room to pick and store all the fruit - I'm overrun with tomatoes indoors as it is. Will wait and see how things develop.