Green Potatoes Work in the 'garden at the height of
summer is endless. Weeds grow overnight. The hedge sprouts after every shower of rain and the lawn rises like magic. With so many weeds spreading in the kitchen garden, it was almost a question of leaving the earthing-up of potatoes to cope with the weeds or allowing the weeds to advance until they choked all else. The 'remedy chosen was that of using a sickle on the weeds and leaving the clearing-up until our next visit to the cottage and going from the weeds to the potato rows. Last year earthing-up was not well done, and when the crop was lifted it was discovered that a good proportion of tubers were green. By an accident some of the green potatoes were used in the kitchen with unpleasant results. The effect of sunlight on a potato seems to change it from an edible vegetable to something very close to a poison. We are determined to see that the potatoes are kept well-earthed this year, and also to see that no green tubers get into the pot I
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