The green of the potato`s have to be destroyed before the harvest. It`s poison.
To yesterdays pic.
This is a famous Dutch tale :
Bartje
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Bartje Bartels is the main character in a series of Dutch books written by Anne de Vries at the beginning of the 20th century. The stories are about a boy who grows up in a poor family in the countryside in Drenthe in the north-east of the Netherlands.
Bartje (pronounce: “BAR-che”) is a boy whose father is a poor farmer. His parents expect him to become a farmer like his father, but Bartje has other ideas. Bartje starts work as an apprentice, but then his mother dies and he has to look after his younger brothers and sisters.
Famous quotation[change | change source]
The most famous quotation from the Bartje books come in the story in which the family are sitting down to a meal. They are going to eat brown beans. Bartje hates brown beans and pulls his empty plate away when his mother wants to give him some. He refuses to say grace (to say a prayer to thank God for the food they are about to eat) and he says: Ik bid nie veur bruune boon'n (in modern Dutch: Ik bid niet voor bruine bonen, meaning: I don’t pray for brown beans). His parents are shocked and he gets into big trouble
Interesting information about potatoes. I'm assuming the green are the leaves that are showing in your picture?I didn't even know potatoes had leaves, although it makes sense that they should, or how would you know when it's time to pull them up. And I did not know that potatoes had poisonous parts either. So now I'm going to have to go to Google to learn more.
Enjoyed your story about Bartjie!!! Great shot of the furrows of potatoes ready for harvest. We harvest cotton and the plants have to be defoliated before the cotton is harvested, so this must be similar.
A lovely story, Pyrrhula. Do they destroy the plant before picking the potatoes? I experimented with a few potatoes in my garden - never had a very good result, though I was happy with the pick.
With no time to spend reading this afternoon, I saw you'd written a great deal in a comment about brown beans. I came back tonight, and don't find it! So glad to have time to read it where you've moved it to this photo!
@Weezilou It`s famous.( the quote) in Holland every one knows. Bartje even have his statue. I did it on yesterday`s pic and move it to to day`s as I assume more followers will read it now
