We Have Potatoes!
I took some time off from talking about my backyard to just
enjoying it. (I hope some of you missed me.) The heat has been oppressive so we
have been watering a lot and trying to remember to drink more water ourselves.
Even so, the small vegetable garden we planted was showing
signs of distress despite our watering. (Here is where we really show our city
roots.) The potatoes, which had sent out such beautiful stems and leaves seemed
to have given up. The leaves wilted and the ground looked forlorn. So we decided
to dig up the plants, replenish the dirt, and plant something else. We were
happily surprised to discover potatoes were under there after all! Not a whole
lot and some were not very large but they existed. This was from a couple of
potatoes that had sprouted and graced my kitchen windowsill for some time this
spring. They were so vibrant that they just called out to be planted.
Everything is a learning experience. We learned that these
were our seed potatoes, the potatoes from which the others would sprout. And we
found out that it was time to harvest when the stems died back. We did the
right things but from intuition rather than knowledge. We’ll know better for
next year. Lucky for us, we planted some more seed potatoes (in different spots
of our yard) for the sheer joy of them growing. They seem to be flourishing. Can
you see me grinning?
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I'm really impressed! So, did you make latkas or mashed?
ReplyDeleteNeither. I steamed them and we ate them with a smattering of butter. They tasted yummy. Now we are waiting for the squash to come into their own. A plant here, a plant there, makes for a fun garden
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