Potatoes by trees did well

A freind of mine had a few seed potatoes left from a pk about 8 of them so she gave them to me as i didnt have much room i decieded to sow them at the back of the garden near the oak tree on 1side of the fence and on the other side are some other trees
i thought at least they will soften the soil even if they dont grow.

They started to grow so the first few weeks i covered them with soil but soon after they grew tall and bushy so when they started to go yellow and brown i dug them up and to my surprise i have never had such a good crop of potatoes for a long while and they tasted yummy

Next year i certainly going to plant again potatoes there in fact i probelly sow more but honestly though i didnt think they would grow so well near by trees it surprised me i was going to put a pic up but accidently i deleted it

 

Hello Janet. Nice to see you and your post. Well done. So the humble spud, paid dividends in the end. Great news.

 

Hi mike thanks I hope you been ok with hubby off for 5months we was decorating, painting etc I did not not spend a lot of time on comp janet

 

I've used ground that has not been used for years and always get a good crop first year.
If the ground has not grown much for a while it might well have a few years of fallen oak leaves rotted down in it.
I think the very old idea of having a fallow patch was a good one.