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5:44 pm
February 12, 2010
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bonnieblue
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It's snowing AGAIN! We're supposed to get another 2-6 inches. Solid mud everywhere.
Last year, the store didn't order enough potatoes. They were selling them as fast as they unloaded them off the truck, and there was actually a line. When I finally got mine, they only had 200 pounds left. I thought it was going to turn ugly! One of the guys said when they sold the last bag that he was going home!
At this rate, it will be mid-March before they get planted. But they'll keep just fine in the old chest freezer I have for storage. Nothing like home grown potatoes!
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8:14 pm
February 12, 2010
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Alanna
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Love home-grown potatoes! My husband wasn't allowed in the garden last summer,because he was taking chemo. Look ou this year, we've been talking about what we are going to plant. Anyone plant sweet potatoes? We love them-baked,deep fried, boiled etc.
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7:02 pm
February 13, 2010
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Gert Hubbard
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Here in Tennessee in the late Fall they have something called Spanish Red finger sweet potatoes or something like that…We love them….Their kinda like a root about as big around as your finger….YUM YUM GOOD……… Bake them in the oven in the skin bring them out dip them in butter and then cinn. Cant wait till we start to plant….Here we are expecting 2-5 more inches of snow tomorrow night….It may be March befor we get anything in the ground to…….
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8:27 am
February 14, 2010
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bonnieblue
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Alanna, that's great that your husband will get to help in the garden this year!
We don't plant sweet potatoes, as we're so limited on space. I do like them, we just don't eat them very often.
Gert, those finger potatoes sound great! They won't grow here though. Our hard red clay soil will only grow red pontiacs and keenebecs. I made the mistake 1 year of ordering some of those specialty seed potatoes. It was absolutely ridiculous what I got (like 2 tubers of each kind) and they were really expensive. The only ones that even came up were the blue ones. They make the best, fluffiest mashed potatoes I've ever had.
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8:38 am
February 14, 2010
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CindyP
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I can't wait for some more garden potatoes!!! I had to buy this bag from the store……..soooo not the same as fresh garden potatoes, even those that are a few months old! I have just got to find more room on this property to grow more food……….
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