Comments on: Harvesting Yukon Gold Potatoes

By: annie avery

annie avery — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:05:17 +0000

hhmm..potatoes: latkes; mashed, with whipping cream and lots of butter and garlic; fried in butter.. i really wanted potatoes this year..not to be..maybe next year. i do have a friend with a garden who grew some, i bought 20 pounds.. have to buy more.. i ran out of rice and so i will suffice with potatoes til i get the next bag.. fried potatoes with two eggs,…yumm. oh!! and leftover butter-fried mashed potatoes with eggs.

By: Susy

Susy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:41:16 +0000

Glad to hear the comfrey is doing well. I started some plants from my mom’s old fashioned stuff as well.

I haven’t use the soap yet, I’m waiting to use up my current olive oil bar. It smells delightful though, I can’t wait to use it.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:20:04 +0000

I have been waiting for this post so Thank you Susy! Our potatoes did quite well but they do get full sun. Thanks for the recipe for Ketchup.
I always enjoy your healthy recipes. By the way, have you used the soap yet? Comfrey is doing well.

By: Seren Dippity

Seren Dippity — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:37:18 +0000

Oh yeah! Thanks for the catch.
Summer BBQ wouldn’t be the same without some yummy potato salad!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:35:46 +0000

I like all kinds of potatoes, my Dad I think planted some Yukon gold which he just dug up most of them though and he planted some kind of red ones too.

Amy

By: Susy

Susy — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:24:21 +0000

Perhaps too cool, sweet potatoes have a long season and they like the heat. Most of mine were fairly small with a few larger ones that I had planted in a container where the soil got nice and hot.

By: Pauly Z

Pauly Z — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:13:11 +0000

I dug my sweet potatoes last weekend and nearly got skunked. They were planted about June 24th, from starts. It was my first attempt at sweet potatoes, but from the looks of the vines, I’d have thought I’d have two bushels. The spot had been garden for the second year and I didn’t use any type of plant food, but the soil there is so excellent I didn’t forsee any problem. Was it just too cool? Any ideas?

By: Dad

Dad — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:45:02 +0000

One of my favorites is grated, and fried. I grate the potatoes and divide in two. Also chop some sweet onion, and red or green peppers. I start with a large cast iron skillet with about 1/4 inch of oil, add 1/2 of the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add the onions and peppers, and top with remaining potaoes. I cook them over a low heat, but with the cast iron, they get nice and brown even with the low heat. It can be a little tricky flipping them without them falling apart, so they have to be pretty crispy on the bottom before you try to flip them. I use two spatulas to lift them onto a plate, cover with another plate, flip the plates, and then it is easy to slip them back into the skillet.

By: KitsapFG

KitsapFG — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:23:57 +0000

Seren Dippity gave a good list of ways we enjoy potatoes. In additon though, one of our favorites is potato salad. My husband loves it and if I want to score some points with him, I make a big batch of potato salad with lots of chopped boiled eggs, diced onion, dill pickle relish (lots of it), mayo, and a bit of good mustard and salt to taste. Delish!

By: Seren Dippity

Seren Dippity — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:38:23 +0000

I love potatoes pretty much every way I’ve tried them. Mashed, baked, au gratin, fried, hashed, roasted w/rosemary sprinkled over, in stews, in casseroles or along side a roast. I love baby new potatoes boiled into a pot of green beans the way grandma used to cook em where the beans were cooked so soft they melted in your mouth and the whole mess flavored with ham hocks and served with cornbread. Oh yum.

I was bitterly disappointed in my attempt at potatoes this year. I grew mine in a stacking box system like you did. 3′x3′ and the plants grew beautifully. I got them up to over 3′ and was considering another layer. They started to bloom, so I decided that was tall enough. I had beautiful plants for about a month and then zap they all died one after another. I didn’t get an official diagnosis, it may have been a potato blight. I burned the dead plants and hauled the dirt to a back section of the property where nothing grows but grass. In the whole box there were 3 potatoes. I will try again next year, but I’m not sure what to do differently.

Congrats on your harvest. Your photos are so beautiful.