Tag: potatoes

READY TO EAT

This afternoon I peeled and quartered my potato harvest from Thursday and canned them. Aren’t they gorgeous? I have not always liked canned potatoes – until I ate my home-canned ones. The commercially canned potatoes always had an “off” flavor to me. Now “canned… Continue Reading “READY TO EAT”

CATCHING UP WITH THE POTATOES

Last weekend my focus was on covering the in-ground garden where the weeds outpaced the corn to the point of no return. While watering everything though, I noticed that it was time to add dirt to the potatoes. Following the process for planting potatoes… Continue Reading “CATCHING UP WITH THE POTATOES”

FARMERS MARKET FUN

Saturday, I went back to my favorite farmers market of all time. The Piedmont Triad Farmers Market is one of four farmers markets run by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. You’d think, considering it has a government connection, that it would be a… Continue Reading “FARMERS MARKET FUN”

Potato Harvest

Growing potatoes in containers was one of my experiments for this gardening year. I planted one seed potato each at the bottom of two extra-large containers. As the plants grew, I covered them with more dirt, leaving only a few inches of the plant… Continue Reading “Potato Harvest”

Bath Time for the Chickens

We got a lot of things done around here this weekend. One of the Legbars had a dirty bum so, now that it’s warmer outside, we gave her a bath. Yep, I mean a tub, warm water, soap … and a chicken. She didn’t… Continue Reading “Bath Time for the Chickens”