Could be the year of the potato...............

I usually don't grow a huge amount of potatoes, as when the different types are in season, they are reasonably priced to buy, and they do take up a lot of room in the veg garden. I always grow some First Earlies, though, as there is little in the line of self reliance that comes close to that first taste of summer :)
This year, I have some Pink Fir Apple for a late crop, ready to start chitting now. I've ordered my usual Heritage seed potatoes too - Shetland Black, Edzell Blue and Highland Burgundy. I came home to a message on the answering machine on Friday to say I was the winner of a competition in a local gardening magazine - the prize is a seed potato colelction from Edwin Tucker - funnily enough, the company I ordered my Heritage ones from! LOL No matter, I can find room for them all. I bought a small pack yesterday of a new one to try - another First Early, called Vale's Emerald, which is a cross of Charlotte and Maris Peer.
In addition to these, I'm doing a couple of tattie-themed experiments too. One is a single potato in a bucket - how many lbs of potatoes can I get from just one? The other is to grow some from shop bought potatoes; I've done this before with reasonable results. I acquired a very cheap bag of potatoes the other night when shopping - reduced from 1.38 for a bag to only 19p; the challenge here is to see how many lbs of potatoes I get from that lot for only 19p, some goat manure and a little effort. :)

Watch this potato-shaped space...............