Potatoes Are In The Ground

Such a super gorgeous day today – it fills you with enthusiasm to get in and do ‘stuff’

So I dashed down the street to get my blood and bone – and also a box of dodgy bananas as I wanted to bake a banana/raspberry loaf for my sister and her family who got back in this evening.

I dug in the B&B and set up a few stakes and sticks to mark my rows.

Pip spent a quality five minutes with me in the garden schmoozling everything with his face before getting bored and whinging to go back inside.

I don’t know how other potato planters go about it, but I dig holes row by row, drop my potatoes in but not cover them. That’s so I can see how to evenly plant the next row, and more importantly, not trample the ones I have already put in! Oh, and because I am stingy frugal, I cut my potatoes in half.

About halfway through my plot, I ran out of the seed potato that I bought, so the next step was to raid the pantry. These last potatoes from the previous season seemed keen to do some growing so I just used them, rather than going and buying more. Remember? Frugal.

In other exciting news I found some nice sturdy tomato seedlings today – indulged in two Black Russian and one Tomato Rouge. These will go into the hothouse and once big enough I will be taking their laterals to grow a heap more in the main patch.

After planting my potatoes, I went and dug & weeded Ruby’s potato patch, then came home & washed off a ton of dirt, made the lasagne, Michelle & co turned up, had dinner, baked a cake, cut up two weeks of cat dinners for Pip (lamb – spoiled cat), put bread on to bake for brekkie and did umpteen dishes.

I think I am ready for bed!

Cheers!