Many white potatoes stored in the root cellar over winter have sprouted. Cut them up yesterday and set them out to dry a bit. Planting 6 rows today 4 feet apart and 2 feet between plants. This spacing will give them plenty of growing space. Potatoes are the most nutrient-dense vegetable. Wide-apart rows leave plenty of dirt to hill the potatoes with as they grow. Hilling keeps the new potatoes from turning green if sunlight hits them. The green skin on potatoes is poisonous.
First plant just poked through today!!
Saw fireflies for the first time tonight. Their small twinkly lights are a joy to see. Some stay low to the ground and some fly as high as our tallest tree across the road by the pasture. Only the males have their lights to flash to entice the ladies to come up and dance. They…
What a blast. The yw came from church to help paint the fences. But, it rained. For a quick substitute project we did garden work: Drew jobs from the job jar I made, and each girl learned a new project in the garden. Three clipped back the spent blossoms on the chives. Three got to…
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