I have some blue potatoes growing in the chicken garden, and some russets growing in a 100-gallon plastic dough tub. I used to detest potatoes, but now that I know some neat ways to cook them, they've grown on me.
Also, grape hyacinths, eh? I have loads of them, never knew that's what they're called.
Oh! Your grape hyacinths are so gorgeous! I love random, naturalized bulbs that explode into color!
Speaking of, blue potatoes are awesome! I also have grown purple potatoes, both with yellow and purple flesh. I don't eat tons and tons of them because of the whole limiting starch thing, but they taste so good that I have to keep them in rotation!
And I have done potatoes in a tub too, how do you like that method of production overall?
This is the first year I've grown potatoes in the tub, so I don't yet know which method I like better. Last year, I decided that I'm going to plant anything I have to dig for (roots, tubers, bulbs) in tubs or buckets, and I'll let the chickens cultivate everything else. The tomato plants that volunteer in the chicken garden are always so much productive than anything I've grown in the greenhouse. The only reason I'm trying both with potatoes is because I don't know what kind of soil they like.