Shhhh… don’t tell Potato Boy, but as I was walking through the garden last night, I noticed that the potato plants were starting to show signs of drying down. That caught my attention so I thought I’d look a little closer. I noticed a couple spots in the hilled soil around the plant where it was bulging and cracked.

A Bulge In The Hilled Soil

I didn’t have the potato fork handy, so I just pulled back a bit of dirt by hand and look what I found…

A Red Potato Just Under The Surface

It didn’t take long to “steal” a handful of potatoes from a few plants this way – actually it may have taken longer for everyone to decide how we were going to fix them for supper.

The First Red Potatoes Of The Year

I’m half tempted to dig the rest of them up and use the garden space for some late sweet corn.