Hidden potato bounty

Earlier in the season, several of my garden plants were wiped out by fusarium wilt including the six potatoes I planted in February. I had thought the plants had died too early to have produced any crop underground. Well, when I was cleaning out the bed last week I discovered 8-10 lbs. of ripe, unspoiled potatoes just hanging out waiting for me to harvest them! It was a pleasant surprise in an otherwise disappointing gardening season.