Bruce's Journal

[Bruce]

The potatoes are still doing well in storage. I did find a couple of blues that were rotting inside but again I think they had a preexisting condition. I made a pot roast earlier this week with both blue and white potatoes. Had boiled little reds with my lamb chops last night.

This is a first for me, Great Blue Heron at the pond in December???? Research says they do live here year round. Before I got the binoculars out I was afraid it was a hawk. Not a great picture, 60X optical zoom from the kitchen

 

[Bruce]

I made blue potato fries last Saturday

 

[Baymule]

A Blue Heron and Blue Potatoes!

A Blue Heron tries to fish the pond from time to time. The dogs chase it off.

 

[CLSranch]

I made blue potato fries last Saturday
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I hate to say it but form looks,...no. I know they are good and I'd eat them but it looks like something that needs to be thrown out.

A Blue Heron and Blue Potatoes!

A Blue Heron tries to fish the pond from time to time. The dogs chase it off.

You keep more fish in the pond that way. For skinny little birds they eat a lot of fish. Enough to ruin a bait casting spot.

 

[Ridgetop]

The raw blue potatoes are really pretty, but after they are fried not so much. Is there a big difference in taste between the blue potatoes and regular white potatoes?

 

[farmerjan]

I made blue potato fries last Saturday
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I think they look pretty neat....

 

[Mini Horses]

They make pretty potato chips

 

[Bruce]

The raw blue potatoes are really pretty, but after they are fried not so much. Is there a big difference in taste between the blue potatoes and regular white potatoes?

In our taste tests DD2 and I decided the blues tasted more like whites than the reds do. I like them all! And, so far, all three types are storing well in the basement.

 

[farmerjan]

So, tell us about your weather??? Temps??? all that good stuff... How are the animals faring in this arctic chill???

 

[Bruce]

We have, so far, stayed above 0°F, lowest was +7 I think. Might get close to 0°F Friday though. Maybe Texas is sharing Got about 4" of light snow yesterday, might get a little more Thursday. As usual all the livestock are fine. They've seen a lot colder temps. Chickens don't choose to go out in the snow.

Nyx, the non SOP Black Ameraucana has yet to moult for last fall and is still laying 3 a week. Surprising but not as surprising as the 3 (not sure who but probably Elizabeth is one) started laying again last week. All are brown eggs so that narrows it. Not any of the Easter Eggers, the Exchequer Leghorn or the Austra White. I don't know if the presence of a randy rooster got them going or what!