Small Plot? No Problem!

Moon phase: Week 2 (waxing)

The potatoes on our allotment are looking extremely unhappy, with leaves turning yellow and brown - it could just be the weather, but I'm very concerned that, given how warm and rainy it's been, it could be an early attack of blight. It seems unlikely this early in the year, especially since the variety I chose, "Orla", is supposed to be quite blight-resistant, and none of the other plots that I've looked at seems to be affected, but then again a lot of the older plotholders probably aren't using organic methods, so their spuds could have been sprayed. However I can't see what else would make the plants look so ill so, just to be on the safe side, I've cut away all the ill-looking foliage, and we'll be throwing it in the black bin so as to keep any infection out of the compost. I've left the healthy lower leaves, so the plants have a chance of feeding the tubers a bit longer - fingers crossed!

Moon phase: Week 3 (waning)

Last week's remedial action seems to have stopped the rot, as it were - the remaining potato foliage is looking healthy :)

Just to be on the safe side, though, we dug up two of the three rows of new potatoes. The yield is predictably low, but they should give us a few spud dinners!