I’ve had good luck with them here, but the last 4 or 5 years have been too wet.
Wetter than Ireland?
I heard tell they grow taters there.
Or used to, maybe that's what caused the famine, too much rain.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)