Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
wIn the spring or early summer, I was looking for some potato for dinner and found a russet that had seen better days. It was soft and had 4-5 inch-long sprouts. I showed it to SO and suggested she go out and stick it in her garden to see what might happen.
We watched a potato plant grow all summer, wondering what might be waiting for us below. She was eager to pick it several times but I kept telling her to wait until later in the Fall. Well, she was working in the garden yeaterday and saw that a critter had been at the potato plant. She dug it up and we had tiny baking potatoes growing. One had been eaten but we salvaged two little one which I will cook up along with dinner tonight. It was just an experiment. Maybe next year we'll plant earlier and get a bigger harvest.
We watched a potato plant grow all summer, wondering what might be waiting for us below. She was eager to pick it several times but I kept telling her to wait until later in the Fall. Well, she was working in the garden yeaterday and saw that a critter had been at the potato plant. She dug it up and we had tiny baking potatoes growing. One had been eaten but we salvaged two little one which I will cook up along with dinner tonight. It was just an experiment. Maybe next year we'll plant earlier and get a bigger harvest.
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