Fabulous! I have to say, I love homegrown potatoes. Like cucumbers, the supermarket versions are lack lustre - but home grown - wowsers.
I'm so happy your eggplant are growing.. I get rather upset when mine don't fruit, and too excited when they do!! I love your approach - if it doesn't work, you just figure out a way to fix it.
It's a bit frustrating to have to wait a whole year to try again, but exciting, yes. I love growing my own food! I sure miss it when I've been away, as I have been for a lot of this month. I go for four or five days, then come back to plenty to eat. Love it.