AVING grown fewer potatoes each year for a while now, I’m feeling a renewed enthusiasm this year. In this time of high prices, it feels good to be growing more of one of the kitchen essentials again, but I’m not willing to compromise on flavour or a sense of fun, nor do I want to repeat any past mistakes. The first year I grew potatoes, I planted too many of too few varieties: a skipful of potatoes ready within a few weeks of each other is as good a
