More exciting times
I’ve had a number of people asking me if Doris is alright—well, there she is, doing well:-)
One thing I haven’t mentioned lately is potatoes. We’d mentioned them earlier on in the diary back when we’d started.
We’re having a few fun and games in that area as well, again, associated with the drought. We buy our potatoes locally and they’ve suffered in a similar way to the peas—potatoes are no exection. In this sort of heat and dryness, it’s almost impossible have the abillity to apply enough irrigation to keep them going in the way that they need.
What’s concerning us now is that the plants have almost all shut down and when it rains, obviously growth will start again but we’ll get what we call secondary growth and secondary growth is not an ideal feature—causes all sorts of problems like small tubers and we also get what we call glassy tubers. As our products are all based on mash that’s a problem as glassy potatoes don’t provide a good quality for that…
We may have to do something different, but we’re in discussion with our suppliers to make sure we have sufficient raw materials of the right quality.
So, more exciting times ahead:-)
