September 25, 2010

  • A good day's work

    I remember the days last spring as if it was yesterday when Mary-Kate, Matthew, Doug and I all planted the seed potato.  I remember the days spent in the garden running the rototiller to work up the ground so that the plants can be hilled.  Best of all I can remember the anticipation in the middle of June when I dug the first hills in the hopes of our first meal of new potatoes.

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    This week Mary-Kate started the arduous task of digging the potatoes that we have grown.  Today she and Doug spent the day digging and about half the job is finished.

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    Now these potatoes have to be left here to dry.  Then we sort them picking out any that were nicked by the spade where they were dug up, pack them into feed sacks and store them away in the pantry to be eaten.  That is a pile of good eating for this family.

Comments (2)

  • Holy cow! That is only half?! How do you get your potatoes to not rot? When I get some from the grocery store, if I don't use them within a month, they're soft/sprouting, or even moldy. (I keep them in my pantry.)

  • @whteroses - My pantry is not too many degrees warmer than the outside.  We just bag them and use them as fast as we can.  We also try not to have any left after January.  That's not too hard when you have this many men in the house.

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