Rows of Spuds

It should give you some idea how damp - I mean fertile - Tenerife's northern valleys are compared to the almost desert on the south of the island, for it to share a major crop of importance locally, with the that of the Emerald Isle.

Indeed, earlier in the year, it was too wet at planting time and smallholders were gravely concerned about getting them in at the right time or with them rotting.

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