Harvesting Potatoes In Buckets

Morning visit to the allotment to harvest Arran Pilot & Charlotte potatoes in buckets until rain stopped play. The first bucket of Charlotte second earlies was a little disappointing bearing in mind four seed potatoes went in.

I used one of the trays Kelly had picked up for me to empty the buckets into and then routed around and extracted the potatoes. Once the potatoes had been removed the soil was deposited on the raised bed.

Many more potatoes from the second bucket of Charlottes 

Third bucket of Charlottes extracted, and again a reasonable amount of spuds. 

Again a better yield but so many mini and micro potatoes.

First bucket of Arran Pilot first earlies. The soil from the three buckets of Charlottes was deposited on the raised bed and filled it to the top. This last tray load of soil was put back in the bucket ready to add to the next raised bed.

First bucket of Arran Pilot first earlies, much better yield than the Charlottes 2nd earlies

Rain stopped play and I put everything away and brought the spuds home. The Arran Pilot are in the foil tray. The album I listened too on the memory stick whilst working was Paloma Faith The Glorification of Sadness.