Today was mostly a rest day!! Plus last night's...or should we say this morning's..sleep was good, right until 7.30 with only a brief awakening at 5.30!!
I don't think that it was two long drives to Leith and back, 150 mile round trip...it was a relaxing day, observing a kiln being fired, talking life, ceramics and everything!!
I need one of these to help firing my kiln...it shows the pressure in the bottle I think...and us a guide to how much is in there...
So today started late and carried on slowly!!
Still, washing was done....by the machine...and now I've just realised that my bed is still not made..ah well..nicely aired anyway! Not a big job to make it.
Today's sad news is that I think the rest of the potatoes have caught blight....I had wondered....hopefully it hasn't spread right to the tubers...I've cut off the tops and made sure nothing is above ground, then covered with cardboard. One reason is not to have any bare earth , the other so that spores don't get washed down into the soil if it rains.
We'll see...
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I hope the thing you need for your kiln isn't an arm and a leg to buy.
Sorry your spuds have blight. I hope you still have good tubers in the ground.
Are you sure it wasn't the long drive? That would wipe me out. Sonds like a worth while trip though.
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Apparently the one shown is about £40...but if it helps lower firing costs it will be a good investment
Just dig the spuds up and go to work on eating them before blight rots them. They won't grow any more with no tops anyway so why leave them in the earth?
Purchasing a pressure gauge for the kiln sounds like a good idea. Especially if it adds efficiency and safety.
Terrible blight! Blight hit my tomato plants last year and the year before that. This year they are okay.
...our neighbor has a large vegetable garden it's going well for him either. Good luck with you potatoes,
That is the one issue we are always aware of when planting our potatoes
Here in Australia, they tell us to buy seed potatoes as they have been sprayed to not have blight spores.
But we still get told to not plant potatoes in the same spot every year.
So far I’ve been lucky. I hope your ground hasn’t been contaminated.
I'd rotate crops anyway. But I might not grow them again as organic ones are easy to find in shops now
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