Other fun goings on. The bottom pick is my fluke experiment with potatoes. I didn't realize that they were so easy to grow. We bought the seed potatoes at the garden center (they were very inexpensive) but I didn't have a plan for them. They were an impulse buy that the kids and Dave thought would be cool. They were so cheap I didn't argue but when we got home and I didn't really know what to do with them, they sat in a bucket for a couple of weeks. We had read that dusting them with fireplace ashes would help prevent rot so there was some ash in the bucket. I finally got tired of it, and needed the bucket so I took a few out to the garden and just stuck them in the ground. I don't even remembering watering them in or anything. Now a month and a half later they look great. I don't know what they are supposed to look like but at least the foliage is nice. I planted some bush beans next to them. And will add several more squares of beans next week. They are supposed to be good companions. I cleared an area the other day (the soil is nice and moist and easy to work) and have plans for herbs and butterfly type plants. I have sunflower seeds too and think I might put some on that side of the garden. I venture out there a few times a week and just do what I can. I usually don't work long but its enough. I have so many things I want to buy that it is making it difficult to be patient and do a little bit each month. Plants get expensive and we need a huge load of mulch. As long as I don't think about what I haven't done and focus on what I have I do ok.
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