Potato Downer

My potatoes yield next to nothing this year, which is a real downer, as I did everything as prescribed by experts - but the heavy rain that ruined the plants did so just in time to prevent them growing spuds.

When we arrived home from Catalonia/France, the vegetable garden was totally overgrown with weeds, and I have started weeding the potato patch in order to be able to put a motorized garden cultivator to use (I shall probably have to buy a cultivator this autumn, but we shall have to see about that, as the car got a problem with the transmission during the vacation, and the repair may prove rather pricey.