yes it's true! apparently potatoes do flower in cool weather.
potato flowers, July 7
the fruit is poisonous. it looks like cherry tomatoes.
potato berries, July 22
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Daylilies belong in the Hemerocallidaceae plant family (previously Liliaceae). Or is it Asphodelaceae aloes now and formerly grass tree Xanthorrhoeaceae.  Genus: Hemerocallis
coyotes. a couple of swainson's hawks. gulls & geese. cedar waxwings at mountain ash berries (rosaceae. genus: sorbus). bald eagle. owl, robins. song. porcupines.  a mountain ash tree still seeding, planning. the garden hardiness zone seems more like 2 or 3, or zero. last year's potatoes lasted almost all winter.  sprouting potatoes many shard puddles. ladybugs, other beetles, ants, spiders, moths. a definite sign of spring and it just keeps snowing. prairie crocuses...  fuzzy wildflowers april's a pink {sprouting grass, egg, fish} moon, farmer's almanac. the giant ice cubes, receding.  dragonflies. and that was a lynx! the squirrel visits at plantings. it enjoyed some half potatoes, quinoa is all gone.  quinoa, before a couple of what seemed to be brewer's blackbirds, very beautiful. they stayed for a while. squirrel: sunflowers are up, all over. elements: savory too.  savory, herb skunks and a juvenile porcupine, deer and coyotes. and mushrooms!  one of 3 types, so far: mushrooms
it took probably 20-25 hours of labour, got a quarter bucket. at a low minimum wage, it's $200/pound. the final sprouts were the cutest.  so, opted for a kilo of mung beans at store: $15. it snowed and melted twice. deep leaves, ladybugs burrowing all over. a new moon.  coulda planted earlier (was mid-july). woulda got more potatoes. shoulda put it in more sun (just 2-4 hours a day). the soil was so-so. shoulda not covered plant when condo-ing... maybe next year.
also, difficult: the vertical garden w/ pallet. a warm, long summer. into autumn.      so - one additional tire of potatoes, planted on sept 1st. (!)  mint, crop #2
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