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potato plants

Potato Harvest

April 28, 2009 by Darren

Back in late January, I planted potatoes across the front of our yard. We had recently built the terraced garden beds and filled them with dirt (clay lumps) and stable sweepings. Potatoes are a great way to break up lumpy dirt, rot down manures, and generally improve the soil. Last Friday, Megan and I dug … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: garden beds, potato harvest, potato plants, potato storage, potatoes, soil preparation

Potato Harvest

December 16, 2008 by Darren

Sarah and I dug up the potato bed this afternoon. We got just under 6 kg of small to medium sized potatoes. There were a lot of very small bite-sized ones, so we’ll be cooking them up first. I think we planted the Dutch Cream seed potatoes in late September or early October. We planted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: Dutch Cream potatoes, mushroom compost, potato harvest, potato plants, potatoes, seed potatoes

Dinner From The Backyard

December 12, 2008 by Darren

We had a great dinner tonight, with almost all of it coming from the backyard! Megan made an awesome baked pumpkin quiche (store-bought pumpkin, and 4 eggs from Molly). The egg yolks made the quiche really yellow, much more than store-bought free range eggs do. The only down side is that now we’ve got none … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: baked pumpkin, beetroot, bok choy, broccoli, free range eggs, ginger beer, kale, potato plants, potatoes, purple carrots, raw beans, sugar snap peas, vegies

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