Garden results: Potato

I have two faux half wine barrel planters with Kennebec white/brown potatoes growing in them. They seem to be wanting to die off but I have kept the greens alive with frequent watering. Taken about two weeks ago, this is a picture of my very green and healthy potato plants and a small frog enjoying the sun.

I noticed in a farmer's almanac that a few days ago was designated as potato harvest day. So, I have now harvested one of the potato planters and will harvest the other one in a week or two (maybe even wait longer). The potatoes I harvested were from small 1 inch roundish pearl potatoes to small baked potato sized and shaped to large fat 6 inch diameter, somewhat spherical, monsters. Total yield was about 8 pounds. I think I will use raised beds and better mounding from now on.

9/4 update
I got 3 large servings of mashed potatoes from just 1 of the large potatoes of this harvest. :)