Potato Update

Since I posted about my potatoes at the beginning of the season, I thought I should share an update. Unfortunately it's bad news. I planted 5 lbs of potatoes and only got 4 lbs back! Mostly because, as I discovered, gophers have been sniping them all season! What a wonderful life those gophers must have, to dig around and stumble upon my gold mine of underground food.

I also think that I did not keep the potatoes watered well enough and that the temperatures got too high too fast, as usual... Potato plants won't set tubers once it gets too hot. I had a lot of mulch on them to try to keep them cool and moist but I guess it wasn't good enough :(

Oh well... there's always next season...I saved some good ones to plant again next spring. Meanwhile I will be stuffing my sandy soil full of as much organic matter as I can, which should help all around. Well, for everything but the gophers :P If you see any snakes, send'em my way.