Potato harvest

We harvested the rest of our potatoes over the past few days. Potatoes actually store quite well in the ground, so there is no need to harvest them all at once like we ended up doing. Our chickens discovered the bounty of worms and insects hidden amongst the straw and soil so they actually started the mass harvest for us!

We have probably already harvested and eaten 5 kg of potatoes from the garden and this photo represents about 12 kg or so more. It's not a year's supply by any means, but I do like growing them and I didn't have any more room!

My son absolutely loved harvesting them with me as well, which is half the joy of gardening for me - seeing my kids enjoy it too.