Earlies are ready when they flower (but a few types don't flower). You can feel around in the soil with your hand and if you find potatoes about the size of a hen's egg, then they're ready. Usually about 10 weeks after planting.
Apparently the word spud has the same derivation as the word spade and is to do with digging a hole to plant the potato.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nearly right Dove ,close enough,The exact origin of the term is unclear. It may refer to a "spudder," a shovel-like tool used to harvest potatoes, or to a wooden barrel sorters would put small potatoes into when sorting for larger ones. Hows that, take your pick,im going fa the shovel
Yeah, but the spudder got its name from the same root as the word spade. The Dutch and Spanish languages have similar words probably stemming from the Latin word 'spad' for a short sword, which was used as a general purpose tool.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Firstly Newboy, not a dopey questions and if it's is then I'm dopey too (well actually I know that already ) because I was wondering the same thing.
Personally I prefer the word spud, I think it's such a cute word....and reminds me of watching Bob The Builder with my little boys.....when they were little
Not a chance in the world,youv made all that up, and i cant see a general digging up spuds with his sword, i recon u got all that from Wiki and you just cant trust it. Oh No and short swords were called gladius after the gladiola plant, and i cant see Marcus Arilious or whatever his name was digging spuds anyway he had his Roman legumes to do that so there,and its B,Raining, now wot was the original question again
I got it straight away,we will have to wait for the ladies to catch up Steve 309iv actually got the heating on now and its still raining ere in Norfolk.
you might not believe this but were having a prawn Korma tonight, Pataks of course Kate cant do anything hotter,and dont say your making it from scratch cus i wont believe you and i dont believe Philippa for one minute
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Earlies are ready when they flower (but a few types don't flower). You can feel around in the soil with your hand and if you find potatoes about the size of a hen's egg, then they're ready. Usually about 10 weeks after planting.
Apparently the word spud has the same derivation as the word spade and is to do with digging a hole to plant the potato.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Nearly right Dove ,close enough,The exact origin of the term is unclear. It may refer to a "spudder," a shovel-like tool used to harvest potatoes, or to a wooden barrel sorters would put small potatoes into when sorting for larger ones. Hows that, take your pick,im going fa the shovel
Yeah, but the spudder got its name from the same root as the word spade. The Dutch and Spanish languages have similar words probably stemming from the Latin word 'spad' for a short sword, which was used as a general purpose tool.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Like it!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Firstly Newboy, not a dopey questions and if it's is then I'm dopey too (well actually I know that already
) because I was wondering the same thing.
Personally I prefer the word spud, I think it's such a cute word....and reminds me of watching Bob The Builder with my little boys.....when they were little
Not a chance in the world,youv made all that up, and i cant see a general digging up spuds with his sword, i recon u got all that from Wiki and you just cant trust it. Oh No and short swords were called gladius after the gladiola plant, and i cant see Marcus Arilious or whatever his name was digging spuds anyway he had his Roman legumes to do that so there,and its B,Raining, now wot was the original question again
Roman legumes
No doubt they'd bean in the garden
I got it straight away,we will have to wait for the ladies to catch up Steve 309
iv actually got the heating on now and its still raining ere in Norfolk.
Got it Alan
Seriously thinking about putting the heating on here too, but might cook a jalfrezi instead.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
you might not believe this but were having a prawn Korma tonight, Pataks of course Kate cant do anything hotter,and dont say your making it from scratch cus i wont believe you and i dont believe Philippa for one minute