Category Archives: Potatoes

Growing Sweet Potatoes in Melbourne – Part 2

Look what’s happened to me again.  I say again because exactly the same thing happened last year.  A long forgotten sweet potato decided to shoot while abandoned in the back of my cupboard.  Cool huh?  Like last year I plan … Continue reading

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Caldo Verde

The last few weeks have been unseasonably warm here weatherwise.  Not hot just lovely, lovely weather.  All that is due to come to an end next week with a return to more seasonal averages.  With that it seems that my … Continue reading

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Potato Experiments – Peter Cundall’s method revisited

Last September I posted on my establishing a new bed in which the first crop was to be potatoes.  I decided to employ the method of potato growing detailed by Peter Cundall in that months Organic Gardener magazine.  I didn’t … Continue reading

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Potato Experiments – Kipfler Harvest

I harvested my first Kipfler potatoes this week.  They are the first of the 4 different varieties I have planted this year to be ready.  They were pot grown ones.  I planted them in August and used two different methods for growing them, … Continue reading

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Photo-Vember: When Potatoes take over….

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Growing Sweet Potato in Melbourne? Impossible Dream?

A couple of months ago I found this in my cupboard. I posted the picture with my Monday Harvest post and Shawn Ann helpfully told me what she did with hers.  She twisted off the shoots and placed them in … Continue reading

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Progress on the Potato Experiments

Melbourne’s spring seems to be the perfect climate for growing potatoes (well mine look lovely and healthy anyway!)  Previously I have posted on my Peter Cundall inspired no dig potato bed  which I planted on 5th September and my potatoes … Continue reading

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Peter Cundall & More Potato Experiments

I occasionally buy Organic Gardener magazine. There is an article by Peter Cundall in  this months issue about growing beans, carrots, and pivotally for this post, potatoes.  I love Peter Cundall – he is definitely one of my heroes.  For anyone … Continue reading

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Potato Experiments

My seed potatoes finally arrived about a week ago.  I ordered 3 varieties this year – Kipfler, Dutch Cream and Pink Fir Apple.  I grew Kipfler last year and was so pleased with them I decided to grow them and … Continue reading

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Using Fenugreek leaves – Aloo Gobi Methi

Fenugreek – How I use it. I really like the slightly curryish taste of fenugreek leaves and I think they work well in both meat and vegetarian dishes.  I do tend to prefer them fresh to dried as the flavour … Continue reading

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