The new potatoes that I harvested yesterday have no sign of disease, despite not having flowered this year and having the foliage collapse rapidly in the last week.
The only thing that stops them form looking like beautiful new potatoes are a few scab markings, but this will not affect the quality of them when it comes to cooking them, and eating them.
They are a first early variety, that are ready a little later this year, because of the weather conditions and also we got them into the ground late.
If you are not sure if potatoes are ready to dig up, just gently scrape back the soil around them and take a look. Main crops are potatoes that mature later, but my first early potatoes are ready, at last.
a healthy potato plant in flower
photo of potatoes in flower
home grown carrots.. grown from seed
photo of my first bunch of carrots 2009
Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful
Home Grown Fruit can be made into delicious compote