Garden: What? No Potatoes?

So, how many varieties of potatoes are you growing this year?

This seemed to be the first question out of the mouths of many gardeners back in the UK when the conversation turned to veg for the plot.  And yes we would have a few Charlotte or Pink Fir Apple growing unsuccessfully in bags near the back door.  But to be honest, we didn't eat that many spuds - roasties on a Sunday if we had a joint or sauteed on a Friday if we had fish and the occasional mash with bangers - so growing them wasn't really up there, especially with limited time and space.

Potato Harvest

This is the fourth year of growing potatoes here, and every year I say it's just not worth the effort.  And yet every year I end up growing some!  We can buy huge sacks of cheap everyday spuds and small sacks of  really nice interesting potatoes, for a price.