Today i was on my allotment,haf a little chit chat with my neighbour.He is one of the old locals who have an amount of knowledge about vegetable gardening.We were having a discussion about wenn to fork out the early potatoes,my neighbour said and i believe him.Early ones need 90 days,but he said after 70 days you can milk them,i thought i didnot heard him well so asked him milk, he said yes milk i said you milk a cow not potatoes.Than the old chap explained to me what milking potatoes ment,it is done in dry soil.You put your hand underneath a potatoplant feeling for the big ones,those are pulled of disturbing the plant as less as possible.That is milking a potatoplant he said.Old habbits aint bad at all,so i had a new and lesson in gardening from this old chap.
Not so easy on our heavy clay!
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That is true saddad,but we are on sand ;D ;D ;D