Pot planting

It's easter, so it is time to get the potatoes in. The estima potatoes were further along so we decided to get them in first - three rows of 10. The soil where we planted them was already dug over and improved so it was just a matter of digging the trenches:

"Just a matter" - it was still hard work! No doubting the local geology! Anyhow, spuds get planted:

10 happy looking seed spuds. Tried earthing up a little:

But this kinda got lost when the next trench was dug, so will need to earth up as they grow. Repeat two more times until:

I did the digging, Helen and Emily the planting and some weeding around the blackcurrants:

Was lovely day, got some rain later on so the spuds should have had a good start... Next instalment: the Charlottes...