Potato Harvest
Greetings to everyone.
We entertained friends on Sunday. They were returning home from a weekend trip through the mountains and asked to stop by for a visit.
Rebecca and I have not seen Mike and Brenda for several years. Of course, Rebecca had to cook up a meal over which to visit!
Rebecca's and Xavier's gardens have produced enough this year that we did not need much from the store in the way of vegetables. Potato salad was on the menu, and Xavier had his potatoes showing above ground.
Xavier's Grandpa Danny gave him several Yukon Gold potato starts for his birthday. Saturday night was the time to harvest those plants which survived several bouts of hail, thick thistles and rabbits.
Wow, what a potato harvest this year!
More than twenty 'taters, all nicely sized and just asking to have their place in a potato salad. The potatoes made an excellent salad indeed.
We have many left over, and I think there is one of the three plants left to harvest. The Yukons did better than any potato we've planted over the last few years; we may be planting more of them in the future.