Just in time for the Fair! Yay! Deep fried things! Behbeh goats! Giant cabbages! Deep fried things!
I couldn't resist and scratched the top surface of the dirt and pulled out a few potatoes last night for dinner and for lunch today. I was stunned by how beautiful they were--like little jewels:
Miss Millie B. Doofus, Supreme Ruler of the People's Independent Republic of Bunnistan, sez, "Your taxation rate is hereby increased to one tenth of every banana and one pea out of every pod. Oh, and the pod itself."
6 comments:
Nice taters! If you leave the little marble-sized ones in the ground will they grow again next spring or will the freeze ruin them? I've found potatoes to be happily invasive in my garden - they just keep popping up here and there spring after spring because I am careless and do not take them all out of the dirt when I harvest.
You grew those potatos? Cannot imagine how good they taste I'd love to taste fresh potatos. I wonder why nobody here grows their own potatos. Someone gave me some green beans and lemons the other day. I'd love to try your potatos.
Mudder, potatoes are very easy to grow. Just stick sprouted potatoes in the dirt, and a few months later, you have lots and lots of potatoes. Why they aren't more commonly grown by home gardeners, I don't know. But fresh potatoes aren't *that* much tastier than store-bought, so that could be part of it. People like to expend their effort where there is greatest reward. I personally think that tomatoes have the biggest delta in quality between home-grown and store-bought. That's probably why tomatoes are so popular with home gardeners.
Rena: Mine are all in pots, so I've never done that. That would be cool though. Perennial potatoes!
Does potato need water to grow? Mhouse plants don't grow too well because they don't get much water.
Everything needs water to grow, but the potatoes are always the most forgiving plants in my garden when I get lazy with watering. :)
you know you can make pesto with arugula instead of basil, right? as in arugula pesto.
in italy, they sautee arugula in olive oil with some salt and garlic. (i.e., with the chinese do with all greens!) it's yummy. you can add some diced tomato and/or corn to counter the bitterness. i love arugula (though you may find is smooshy like spinach - i know how you prefer coarse greens like brocoli)
also potatoes may be better to buy organically than plant around here since they absorb chemicals from the soil.
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