Howdyt TVE/Tom....
Nice to see ya!
Yep, I've been pretty busy with lots of things this summer and just pop in when I can. And of course, when I DO get some computer time my hard drive, mouse, keyboard and cursor are trained to automatically go to ATP!!
As for taters, I've heard they lose their vitality several generations down the way but am not sure I understand why or even if that is true. After all, it is not like saving the very same potato year after year like we'd winter over certain plants year after year (foxglove comes to mind, which does tend to lose it's vigor for existence after a while.) Perhaps it is like inbreeding and the spuds tend to lose resistance to disease along with their loss of vigor (like the great potato famine.)
Patti, I didn't mean for you to remove the link to that blog. Sorry if I came off as being hoity-toity...that woman actually had a nice blog but the parts I read about potatoes would be misleading to folks in this thread so just wanted to clarify things a bit.
Shoe (watching the black clouds roll in and bring MORE rain. sheesh.)
