Robbing Runaway Potatoes

I planted three varieties of garlic last October. As I watered my crop one morning, I noticed that the plants from one variety are not doing as well as the other two. They're a lot smaller and look like they were not getting enough water. Puzzled, I started poking around it. Lo and behold! I found a blue potato, and another, and another. Many years ago, I bought some seed blue potatoes, the ones meant for planting. Fast forward, they are now in a lot of places in the garden.

https://vric.ucdavis.edu/pdf/potato_growingpotatoes.pdf

I grabbed my garden fork and started digging. With help from my garden assistant chicken, Brownie, I dug, she scratched, until we were both exhausted. We got multiple sizes from medium-sized potatoes to bead-size pieces. When we were done, I had enough potatoes to mash for two meals.

And hopefully, the garlic plants will do better with less competition for water and space.

https://vric.ucdavis.edu/pdf/garlic.pdf

photo by Tina Saravia

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