potato patch

the potato patch gets its own post since i couldn't fit the photos in the last one...the top photo is an isla caucahua potato plant that i got from the usda ( all of which are up and running here at home )...the next two are red nordlands i got from oregon and planted last month..all forty-two are up...along with the government potatoes and the four volunteers ( i found yet another one ) i have forty-nine potatoes going which may not be all that much comparatively but we're talking about my suburban back yard...i am geeked if no-one else is...the fourth photo is of a butterfly that came to rest while i was out there...i always like to photograph visitors so i took a few before it flittered off...the bottom photo is of the primitibve cultivar" negra ojosa...aptly named due ( and this is amateur supposition about folk taxonomy ), i imagine, because of its much darker color..we'll see if that holds up as they mature and as i do more research.