Thanks ERH!

I'll certainly take into consideration the message from your two Basil plants and agree that the experience is nicely housed here....welcome to it! I think that the plant (and animal) kingdoms have far greater flexibility and sensitivity that what humans have 'discovered' and documented.

This was my first attempt at growing potatoes - how nice for you to have had homegrown tatties as a child!!! I've heard that they shouldn't be grown in the same soil immediately after the previous crop so I'm planning on making a raised bed at the bottom of the back garden for next year. Means I'll be able to experiment growing greens and suchlike where the tatties grew. I like the idea of mixed beds and plan to do something like that - carrots, cabbage, beetroot, kale, lettuce kinda things.

In Portugal, where I lived in a tent for 9 months and worked the land in different communities, there was Datura growing in the potato fields. I admired from afar and this guy offered me a trippy hug :D