June 21, 2010

More On Potatoes



After 10 days of pretty pastel purple flowers, the Rose Gold potato plants have dropped their flowers. Now the Yukon Golds are flowering (above front), as are the brilliant purple Red Clouds (below).


June 11, 2010

Flowering Potatoes!


Today we discovered the first potato flowers! I was so excited it was almost impossible to capture my expression on camera.

We have potatoes planted in all three of our gardens. In Mequon, five varieties of potatoes were planted on April 22. On June 11 the red potato variety Rose Gold is the first to flower. How exciting!