We woke this morning to bright sunshine and a cheery weather forecaster announcing the arrival of high pressure to most of the UK, using the special BBC meaning of the word ‘UK’, ie. England and parts of Wales.* Naturally, no sooner had we put the laundry on than the sun went in, the heavens opened, and we soon found ourselves joined by a small wet cat for a day spent indoors.
I did, however, manage to stagger out to the potato patch to dig up these (I appear to have got my seed potatoes muddled up while planting):
Edgecote Purple really is extremely purple. Enough to brighten anyone’s day, however miserable the weather…
* As a Glasgow-based letter writer to the Guardian yesterday pointed out, the nearest thing we’ve had to a heat wave this summer has been slightly warmer rain
What colour are they inside, and even more important what do they taste like? xx
yellow, and don’t know yet. Will tell you after supper
Have you tried Highland Burgundy which are red inside…
one for next year. Have got Shetland Pinks which have a coloured ring in the flesh
To be fair to the BBC, in terms of population, that is most of the UK…
true, but in area (and presumably amount of weather) it’s only just over half so ‘most’ is pushing it
Argh! they look FABULOUS! I have not yet dug my Purples yet, I thought they took 150 days.. how long were yours in the the ground? Tried my Belle de Fontenays recently and they were just marble-sized. I think the lack of rain has not helped. Have had ‘mystery pots that were left in the ground from last year’ and they were fab. Struck me as a good way to overwinter own potatoes for following year – plant them straight back in the ground in October…
That’s not a bad idea. Certainly the ones you dig up when clearing the bed in spring always seem in pretty good nick compared with the sprouty things in the kitchen! The purple ones aren’t supposed to be ready although they’re flowering away – but I planted one in among the first earlies so it got dug up prematurely.
Purple potatoes. Interesting. I’ll be awaiting the taste verdict.