Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Digging for buried treasure


Or potatoes rather.

It's strangely satisfying, plowing into the dirt with a large shovel, uncovering these little jewels. I've dug up the area a couple of times and I keep finding more of them!
 I just have to point out the peanut-shaped one on the end

Although I wish many of them had grown bigger, the quarter-sized ones will work perfectly in soups and stews (no slicing required). A couple of factors I think contributed to the overall smaller size:

*not enough consistent sunlight
*soil wasn't deep/loose enough
*probably would have been good to add some phosphorous since my soil is very nitrogen-heavy

Considering all my folly, the harvest wasn't too bad. Potato soup anyone?

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