We talked about growing our own vegetables the other day - well on someone's page we did, and I thought I'd show you the potatoes that are steadily growing in my pots.

As you know I can't dig my garden, and I do like new potatoes, so I grow mine in pots. It was our Mickey who gave me the idea, and for the last couple of years this is what I've done.

I don't buy seed potatoes at all - I just wait until I see sprouting coming out of my potatoes in my veg rack and use them!

I fill the pots with multi-purpose compost and then put the potatoes, sprout side down about 4 inches in the soil. I put about 3"- 4" of soil over the potatoes and water. Then just leave them.................

I've started to grow my own potatoes

These are some of my potatoes growing merrily away - they've been in there about 3 weeks, the stalks will grow and then hopefully some lovely little flowers will appear.

New potatoes on their way

Once the flowers have gone, then the potatoes should be ready for harvest.

I tend to grow mine about a month apart, so there's always a steady stream of new potatoes growing. It might only save me a few pounds, but the taste of my own potatoes is priceless.