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Our spuds this year are HUGE! - at least the plants are!

Is this normal?....for this area?

Previous two years the plants had either wilted or flowered and we were tucking in by now?!

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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out

You will always be your child's favorite toy

Don't know about normality, but if they are still growing you could have a bumper crop!!

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Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

Have you had a broggle?

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

I hope so! - our crop rotation has meant they ended up being in the smallest of 3 beds and so it was ominouse if we would get as many as previous two years. Mind you Oliver planted last years spuds so deep (was advised to do this rather than earth up) that when he dug over the patch he missed loads and so this year I have them sprouting up in amoungst other crops

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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out

You will always be your child's favorite toy

eh??????Whats a broggle????

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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out

You will always be your child's favorite toy

Same as a furtle - it translates (roughly) to a grope in the earth to see what's there

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

OHHHHHHHHH! No not yet - d'ya think I should? Off to bed now so maybe in the morning. You enjoyed your first day as MOM Mum?!

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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out

You will always be your child's favorite toy

I would broggle if I were you (can't resist it if I suspect there might be a spud of harvestable size).

As to the MOM - I can't believe it has happened!!

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Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

I can! You have always been there for me and given brilliant advice.

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God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out

You will always be your child's favorite toy

Worth a look to see how they are doing. I have some charlotte in and the tops are huge about 2.5 ft and really bushy, however there is nothing underneath as yet. Further down the lottie I have some more with only half the top growth and I dug two haulms yesterday and had enough potatoes for a family of four. (two meals for me and OH)

Ian