Satrina0's Journal

The lemon verbena was pretty much taken out by frost, but I had harvested most of the plant a few days earlier and made lemon verbena syrup. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been having a little as a sweetener in tea, or in sparkling wine. Today I went out to check on things in the backya...

I got through nineteen (of twenty-nine) bags of tubers today. Some of the divisions may not make it, but here’s what today’s work yielded: 1 – Colwood Crush (did not divide) 3 – Mascot Maya (West Bed) 1 – Spartacus (West Bed) 2 – Crossfield Ebony (West Bed, one...

Dug out twenty-nine clumps today. They are stored in plastic garbage bags until tomorrow, when I will divide them. I don’t think I’ve ever had this many tubers in one year before, and am feeling worried that I won’t get them done before they start to shrivel!

The first harvest was marred by a violent heatwave followed by drenching rain— several varieties cracked. Subsequent harvests have been better, although late blight has taken its toll.

I hardly touched the compost pile this year. At some point, I noticed some purple-flowered vines coming up between the nasturtiums and thought, “oh, potatoes!” But being pretty busy over the summer, and barely able to find time to get into the garden at all, I promptly forgot about th...