When Irish Mouths are Eating

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Judy Dailey

Tom dug these organic Yukon Gem potatoes from our garden yesterday after unusually cold weather for us (30′s). They were delicious as scalloped potatoes. My favorite local source of potatoes for planting is Irish Eyes Garden Seeds (www.irisheyesgardenseeds.com) from Ellensburg, Washington. They have a rigorous planting and inspection system in concert with the University of Idaho that ensures the tubers are disease and virus free. The hardest part of raising potatoes for my very thrifty husband is throwing away the volunteer plants that show up in the spring from potatoes we didn’t find when we harvested them. But the volunteers must go! Otherwise they foster blight and scab that infects not only the new crop of potatoes but tomatoes as well.

About Judy Dailey

Award-winning author Judy Dailey grew up on an 80-acre organic farm in Indiana. Now she lives on a 1200-square-foot urban farm in Seattle, Washington with four chickens, a dog, and her husband, the writer Tom Argentina. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Judy earned an MBA from the University of Washington and a certificate in compost management. She has been a pilot, skydiver, spelunker, bicyclist, skier and night-time sailor. She managed a multi-million dollar grant fund for affordable housing. She handcrafts artisan salami, beer, and ricotta cheese. But her greatest challenge is eradicating the gray garden slug. Animal, Vegetable, Murder is her first traditional mystery. Follow Judy on Facebook or find a recipe for haggis and eggs at judydailey.com.
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3 Responses to When Irish Mouths are Eating

  1. Neighbir Brodie says:
    January 28, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    Judy – loving your blog this morning. Just saw for first time with your mystery contest e-mail. Who knew all the cool things that were happening down the street? A nice way to stretch out my pre-work morning….

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  2. Cora says:
    June 1, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    Hi there! I’m at work browsing your blog from my new iphone 4! Just wanted to say I love reading your blog and look forward to all your posts! Keep up the great work!

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