I'm so blue and I love it!

We have started to harvest here at Wicked Raven and it has been so much fun so far!  Check out these potatoes!  The blue ones are ones that Reed planted in the rows where he had corn last year and we just hilled up the dirt and planted these - left over from the high school seed that we didnt have room for there.  I cant wait for the kids at the high school to see their produce now that I have seen these!  They are dark blue/purple inside and out and the flavor is great

The above photo shows just part of the potatoes we harvested here recently.  We made red, white and blue potato salad for a potluck and we made red white and blue potato chips for home!  The blues are a little less dense in texture than the reds and whites so they cook faster.  We have noted that for next time we are cooking them.  Flavor is fantastic for all of them though!

Above shows a few of the other varieties we planted with the blues and all of them are good.  We will definitely add these to our regular lineup and Reed is already planning one whole bin of blues for next year.

I believe these are called "All Blue" aka "Purple Marker" potatoes and the small yellow are called "Gold Finger", we also have some Yukon Gold and I wasn't able to get the name of the red ones - the paper bag the seed was in got wet and the name was badly smeared.  Definitely worth giving a try.

I was also recently given some "Magic Myrna" potatoes that were developed locally and they are marvelous!  Stay tuned - I will profile those in a future blog!  Yes More potatoes coming up and I will also be updating you on the high school project soon - our grant period is coming to an end so we are starting harvest there as well!  Happy Fall!