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New Potatoes

27 December 2011 14:40:07

New Potatoes

We had Christmas New Potatoes fresh from the garden on Christmas day. I have to say they were the highlight of the dinner. We planted them a little too early in our excitement to have "newies" from the garden for Christmas day, but we just left them in the earth and they were excellent!!!:-D

Can not believe the difference in the garden this Christmas from last Christmas.

I got a lovely Fairy with a Solar Lamp from "Past Times" from my hubby. Love it!!!

Wishing everyone a wonderful year in 2012. Happy Growing :-)

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kitty 27 December 2011 15:07:57

i can nearly taste them here, mmm. what a fab pressie, will look gorgous in the garden.. i have a funny feelin that we are in for an awful bad january. this weather is too good to be true, i hope i am wrong but it is like the calm before the storm type thing

Lìga 27 December 2011 15:55:12

New potatoes,wow :)) Liam just talk about planting new ones :))

Very nice present!!!Happy New Year to you too Monica!!!

Jacinta 27 December 2011 15:56:03

That's gorgeous, Monica. As for the new potatoes, you lucky lot. Fair play to you. Happy New Year to you all.

Rachel 27 December 2011 17:30:08

That's a lovely lamp and your Christmas dinner sounds good too. We were not so accomplished here!

Keego 27 December 2011 20:26:25

What a treat they must have tasted yummy - A lovely thoughtful present from hubby - best wishes for 2012

TheH (Hazel) 28 December 2011 11:21:19

New Potatoes! Well done! Did you grow them indoors? I tried them last year but the frost got them even in the Greenhouse.

Monkells 29 December 2011 09:50:18

I hope your wrong Kitty but I just can't help feeling that we cant get away this lightly!!!!

Hazel: We grew them in potato sacks outside. I think we were just blessed with the mild weather :-)

Dick 29 December 2011 12:58:52

Seems incredible, Monica, having new potatoes at this stage. I think of my uncle a generation ago. He planted his spuds and dug them up the same week! You might ask how? Well his neighbour gave him some potatoes in the spring and he planted them. Then his neighbour told him that there was anti sprout on them so all he could do was to dig them up again. Your Christmas presents look great.

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