05 September 2010

Fingerlings.

Lewisburg.

Root vegetables always carry an element of surprise. Carrots and parsnips will twist about each other if they grow too close together. Sometimes they spur off new finger-like taproots. It's impossible to tell, until you've pulled them, whether the turnips and radishes look perfect or terrible. The size and number of potatoes underground is always a mystery.

And fingerling potatoes will sometimes do this:

Knobbly potato

It's a result of inconsistent watering, given our severe lack of rain this season. But, still, a great harvest of spuds, and since I rarely bother peeling potatoes, not a big deal at all.