Year 1 - Fall Day 31
Today I harvested the rest of the potatoes! There was a nice small bags worth from the 3 to 4 potato plants that produced. I didn't get a ton of potatoes, and I also didn't let the skin harden enough for long term storage, so we'll have to eat them relatively soon. There were a bunch of medium and small potatoes as well as some really large ones. Above is one of the bigger ones that I got. It was neat since these were just red potatoes from the store that I used to start the plants, and next year I plan to get some fancier, rarer brands of potatoes to grow. In addition I will also dig up the ground before planting to give them some broken up earth beneath to easily grow down into. The ground is a bit hard and I think that contributed to the limited potato supply.
Other than harvesting potatoes today, I also planted 200+ flower bulbs in front of my house. For 25$ on Bulbs Direct I got 2 large bundles of various bulb flowers and planted them around our feature plants in the front. Some of the flowers included:
Liatris Spicata Purple
Anemone Coronaria Mr Fokker
Muscari Armeniacum
Gladiola Nanus Mix
And there were a bunch more varieties of flowers as well from white and purple flowers to yellow flowers. So I am looking forward to seeing these all bloom next spring and seeing them fill in the front of the house.
Next year I will be sure to photograph the beautiful displays of color!
- Level 1 Gardener: Jace -
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