This snapping of bugs is all Ark’s fault at A Tale Unfolds. For some time now he’s been showing us insect life in his South African garden. Then on Friday he set me a challenge to beat his dandelion with four bugs. So here I give you a ménage à trois with some longhorn beetles, caught on my way to the allotment, and as I was actually trying to capture some bee shots. I reckon it trumps Ark’s dandelion, and indeed his jackal flies, on grounds of raciness.
But now here is the close up shot I really wanted to show you, and the reason why I was headed for the allotment: my first main crop potatoes just released from the earth. These are Desirée, organically grown and most desirable, not only for looks and flavour, but for general resistance to drought, bugs and slugs:
Tish Farrell 
Spuds You Like
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Spuds on the menu tonight then?
Definitely, Jude.
On my way…
Absolute beauties! And you’re right. This tops my Four Bugs and a Dandelion hands down.
If you fancy showing these off and any other Garden Wildlife ( G doesn’t count) this is a nice FB site.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/795997537085036/
This looks a great site. I joined. Thanks, Ark.
Earthy shots, the buggy menage a trois and those pommes de terre.
a sort of je t’aime moment, both spuds and bugs 🙂
Tish … did you invade their privacy? LOLOL You are hilarious.
I notice everyone else has avoided the ménage à trois in their comments. I’m a naughty girl. hehehe You did a fabulous job of capturing them.Did you grow those potatoes. They would make a delicious potatoe salad. YUMMY !!!
Yes, the spuds are all my own work. Today it’s gone so cold and wet outside, I think they might have to be baked 🙂
Congratulations on your first potatoes, they look smashing! 🙂
We tried to grow potatoes in a grow bag last year, Oliver Jamie inspired us, and as you may know, he makes everything look real simple and kinderleicht, but we’re not too happy with the outcome. You seem to have the right hand with yours though, well done, Tish!
These images with purple thistle and bugs are fabulous…..nothing less…and I love the potatoes……janet:)
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I like your pictures, but I still don’t like bugs. I just don’t. Even when I take pictures of them, I am thinking unkind thoughts about them 🙂
Now you’ve said it, I’m not that thrilled with bugs either, not unless they’re bees.
Just looking at the intriguing title I knew it had to be you Tish – those longhorns are always in a state of desiree
That would seem to be the case, Laura. Well put 🙂
Lush
Those potatoes are a work of art as well as a horticultural triumph: superb colour, and the intricacy and delicacy of the rootlets (is that what they are?) Oh, and the beetles are definitely trump material.
Thank you kindly for your potato appreciation.
Kudos on all fronts, Tish.
janet
Thanks, Janet.
Two aspects of desire. One more desirable than the other as far as I am concerned. I love Desiree potatoes.
Yes, spuds before bugs, absolutely.
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Wish we’d grown desiree, the earliest we have are Jazz and they don’t cook very well – the skins peel off in the saucepan, so won’t be choosing then again!
There seem to a lot more varieties around that need to be steamed, but it doesn’t say that for Jazz in my seed catalogue. Says you can cook them any way you like. Maybe they will roast well. It’s gone cold enough here to think about roast potatoes.
Congratulations to you first main crop potatoes, Tish! Beautiful post!
I always get super excited digging up my spuds. It’s almost the best bit: discovering how they have grown 🙂
Love these pictures.
Thank you, Shimon. It’s good to contemplate the little things, isn’t it.
Those are very desirable desires Tish and oh I chuckled to see that third bug “perving”…. Lovely sharp shot…
Oops!!! I meant Desiree’s, and I was discussing the spuds not the bugs…
I’ve looked at all your photographs back to this point, which probably won’t register as views as I was scrolling back, but have to say they were all stunning. The problem with viewing blogs such as yours where the photographer obviously knows what she is doing and does it in a professional manner is that it is hard not to compare one’s own efforts. In the long run, though, I, at least, learn by observing and doing so I’ll consider you another step in my education! Thanks for the wonderful views. http://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/08/09/delayed-agenda/
That’s so sweet of you, Judy. I’m really not a photographer. Cropping images is one of the key things I learned from when I worked in a museum. Apart from that, I use an editing feature that comes free with microsoft – photo gallery to sharpen the image. Thanks for all the viewing of my blog. Much appreciated.