My brother came to visit for Christmas, and one of the simple pleasures was to browse his extensive online subscription of Martha (included in his Rogers' mobile fees). Although I miss the days when she was editor, I am grateful that she is back writing articles.
I always imagine that she is personally having a conversation with me, in this instance, advice about gardening potatoes. Within two paragraphs, in the edition of October 2016, I have too much info! So I am writing this blog to highlight the ideas I want to take with me to my garden next spring.
On how to hide the shrivelled tops while awaiting the potato "prize": "behind cabbages and broccoli, and...behind the tomatoes."
Classic ones: 'Yukon Gold', 'Red Bliss', 'Maine Kennebec'
Favourite mashing potato: 'Daisy Gold'
Roasting potato: 'Red Thumb'
Purple for salad: 'Huckleberry Gold'
Fantastic baking potato: 'Bake King'
More facts and bios in the books by Helen Hamlin's Pine, Potatoes and People
and Charles Wilson Aroostook: Our Last Frontier.
Sounds like the story of how the potato famine changed Ireland would be well told, and how China became the world's biggest producer of potatoes worldwide!
Thanks Martha! I look forward to your next article!
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