I'm So Excited About Potatoes!

[StorageSmart2]

I'm so excited about Potatoes right now! To make a long story short, I planted some potato sprouts for the first time ever and one of them just grew a new leaf. I don't know anything about growing potatoes, so this is very neat for me.

[!potatoes!]

guess who else is?

smile, potatoes love you too.

[Marlingardener]

Oh, Mary, if you are excited now, wait until you dig and eat your first potato!
We never grew them (lack of space) until we moved to our farm. Last year was the first potato growing experience for us, Red LaSodas, and it was like a treasure hunt to find those nice little new potatoes! My husband came home from the feed store with six pounds of seed potatoes so we had lots of potatoes, as did the neighbors!
They are delicious. Let us know when you enjoy your first ones!

[Zapatay]

guess who else is?

smile, potatoes love you too.

lol

[syntheticbutterfly]

Its so exciting! I am growing potatoes for the first time this year and its so fun to see how well they are doing.

[Zapatay]

Wow - Lots of traffic on potato discussions.

[Dixana]

I am sooooo spoiled and in less than a 20 min drive can buy 50 pounds of all natural organically grown potatoes (including baby reds and yukon golds!) for under $10. Leaves me more room for other stuff in my little garden

[gixxerific]

dixanna you do know that nothing taste better than what you grew in your own garden don't you. Maybe you should give it a try.

Ah fresh potatoes I have quite a few growing I can't wait.

[Dixana]

I know it's not the same, but I don't think the hubby would be very happy if I tore out the whole back yard so I could grow everything

[StorageSmart2]

I know it's not the same, but I don't think the hubby would be very happy if I tore out the whole back yard so I could grow everything

lol. I know what you mean. Sometimes grass, patio, and driveway seem like a waste of space.

I'm sure they're there for a reason, though. Sometimes I just forget what it is.

[kylie77]

That's awesome! I'm trying potatoes for the first time this year as well. I have very limited space unfortunately so I'm just trying a few containers of potatoes. Can't wait to see how they grow!

[jmoore]

I know it's not the same, but I don't think the hubby would be very happy if I tore out the whole back yard so I could grow everything

He might if he didn't have to mow and weedeat back there anymore :thumbsup:

[Dixana]

What cuz he's the guys he does the yard work? he drives truck all week so I get to do all that... as to the yard he's more concerned for having a place for the dog and toddler to run, not to mention the firepit for family gatherings.

[jmoore]

What cuz he's the guys he does the yard work? he drives truck all week so I get to do all that... as to the yard he's more concerned for having a place for the dog and toddler to run, not to mention the firepit for family gatherings.

I wasn't insinuating anything. Just that less yard work is generally better. And I do all the yard and garden work at my house, so I'd be happy to give up some yard to the garden.

Firepits are awesome!

[Dixana]

I LOVE the fire pit! I'm counting the years, months, days until we move to the middle of no where and can have real BIG fires! (and no nosy/rude/annoying neighbors) But for now I'll settle for sitting around the fire pit with friends and a few beers