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Gardening

amerikat

(5,008 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2012, 05:58 PM Oct 2012

Frost tomorrow night. Harvested the last of the potatoes. (pic) [View all]

left to right. Eastern Round White, Purple, Adirondack Red and White Fingerlings.
A few Danvers Half Long carrots in the background.

It was a dry summer here in upstate NY. But the garden did pretty well.
Best peppers ever thanks to the milk bath treatment.

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Frost tomorrow night. Harvested the last of the potatoes. (pic) [View all] amerikat Oct 2012 OP

very nice NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2012 #1

I just save some of the harvest in paper bags. (pics) Store them amerikat Oct 2012 #3

We couldn't get purple this year. We put in some large white ones and they did very well. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

A local garden supply has about a dozen varieties. amerikat Oct 2012 #4

Oh, those are always good yield crops. They don't keep that long, but they're good. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #5

Of the four types I ate yesterday, Purple had the best flavor.(nt) amerikat Oct 2012 #6