Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a Hampshire garden. I've been growing veggies since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Some traditional varieties and old favourites as well as new ideas. I share my garden with my allotment assistant Daisy the Labrador. On Twitter as @MatronsVeggies
I went to dig up some potatoes today. Nearly all the Shetland Black potatoes had started to grow roots and shoots. I wonder if the spell of really warm weather in the past few weeks has tricked them into thinking it was Spring?
posted by Matron @ 10:14 PM
I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com
7 Comments:
It looks that way.
I have never seen or heard of a Black potato! thanks for posting.
I wouldn't be surprised, Matron. Many people here have had plants blooming or leafing out of season.
I guess you have seed potatoes now?
No doubt the warm weather did it! Beautiful potatoes by the way!
We had mall shoots starting on our potatoes although not as advanced as yours - now the weather has cooled the growth seems to have stopped thankfully.
Hope they taste good, and you already have your start for next year!
You'll have had the same flurry of snow that I had in NW London this morning - that, and the recent chill in the air, should set the plants back on track. I've still got herbs and achoca growing (out of season) and shrubs that think it's spring and are starting to blossom!! Will you eat your spuds or replant them?
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