Here is a long stretch of vine without leaves. The vine was slightly covered, and pulling it up without visible clusters of leaves to use as a map almost certainly left a few taters in the dirt on account of fibers breaking as I pulled.
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Here's a close up of some of the weak fibers connecting the tater to the vine. Failure to get out whatever that is coming from means more vines next year. This is great if you want a potato garden that keeps on giving. But without a mechanical harvester, I'm switching to a bag planting system with the slips I plant this year.
Always watch for snakes in the garden. This appears to be a harmless black racer that is molting (explains the coloring and the cloudy eyes).
