potatoes

It felt like summer for a few days, except for the wind, that is. The soil is warming up quickly and we are probably out of the killing frost time. Our soil goes quickly from mud to dust this time of year, which makes me feel perpetually behind.
Most of the potatoes were planted yesterday. This year we have several new varieties and twice as much space devoted to potato. I've taken some soil samples and tested pH in this field and our bottom field and have interesting results. The main garden soil is defined as "Billyridge gravelly sandy loam" whereas the bottom is "Peoh silt loam." Billyridge has pH of 7.5 with many rocks from golf ball to softball, Peoh has pH of 5.5 and it is hard to find even a small stone. Potatoes like some acid, so, I've amended the Billyridge with elemental Sulfur this year. The bottom field I'll leave as is.