Harvesting Java Main Crop Potatoes

Sunday morning on the Allotment tidying up the sections of Greenhouse into a Pallet against the wall behind the Potting Shed. Then harvesting two buckets of Java Main Crop Potatoes.

Not as many spuds in the second bucket but a good harvest for the day. I just brushed off the potatoes with a paint brush. I would defiantly grow this variety of potato again they are very nice tasting and road and mash well. 

The spoil from the two buckets cleared today and two from previous potato harvests were dumped on Square Foot Garden Bed 1 and levelled, topping it back up as the level had dropped as the woodchip had decayed in the bottom of the bed.

I have a bag of mulch that has a split in it, to add next visit. I need to weed the woodchip around the bed and relay it with fresh woodchips. I'm gradually working my way up the plot weeding and replacing woodchip paths over the Winter months. 

Greenhouse components moved off the tray and raised bed this morning have been stacked in a pallet against the wall behind the potting shed. 

Those not yet in the pallet are covered in soil and need brushing off. 

Last four buckets of Java maincrop spuds covered to keep the rain out and offer some frost protection until I can harvest them, as they are needed.

My Robin was in and out looking for critters to eat as I was emptying the buckets into the tray on top of a raised bed, and sorting out the potatoes. I love the fact he has absolutely no fear of me and I just chat to him.