Monday, April 27, 2009

A question of potatoes...


So when you grow potatoes in a bed do you need to add more soil around the base of them as they grow like I do with the tyres??? or do I let them go because the bed is built up so high above the ground?

We inherited some new chickens over the weekend 6 gorgeous silkies 3 caramel, one black and two white (one of the white ones is a bit psycho). I will get some photos this afternoon and psot them tomorrow so you can see them all. They came from my friends father in law if you read her blog Life in Castle Cleugh you will know her inlaws are moving down there today and they wanted their chickens to go to a good home and we were it!!! They are so lovely. Thinking seriously about getting the Silkie rooster that is advertised on the community noticeboard so we can breed from them.

Other than chickens, the Dawn Service with all the kids and breakfast for all afterwards, we had daisyson8's First Holy Communion yesterday , my in laws came along then we had a tea and toast brekky with them and toddled off to our local pub for a long lazy lunch with four other families a zillion kids and the most glorious weather.
Another busy weekend but a lovely one nevertheless.
Have a wonderful day
daisymum

3 comments:

Caroline said...

You still need to keep hilling your potatoes either pull the soil up around them more or do what I do & just keep piling up a heavy cover of mulch I use old hay, but you have to do it pretty thickly. If the sunlight gets to your potatoes you will have green tatas....TOXIC

The Old Dairy said...

I love silkies had some as pets when I was a kid....
Sounds like you had a good weekend...

Rhonda Jean said...

Hello Daisy!
The higher you can hill your potatoes, the more you will get. There comes a point though when you can't get it any higher.