Potatoes

A few days ago I noticed that one of my bags of potatoes (half filled only) was dead and dry. I might have overfed or over watered it, but I did something that caused it to die. So, I emptied the bag to see if there were any potatoes inside and to my surprise, I found a couple handfuls of baby potatoes. This bag was my experiment bag. I had filled it with steer manure, grass clippings and a little soil to see if the potatoes would form and I am happy to say, they did! Now, if only I hadn't done something wrong in caring for the plants, I may have gotten quite a nice harvest.

Well, I took the baby potatoes and stored most of them in a cool cabinet so I can plant them in the fall for a fall crop. I did cook a couple of the potatoes along with some carrots and garlic from the garden. I roasted it in the oven and after about 20 minutes, I had the most yummiest potatoes I have ever eaten. They were super buttery and so tender.

I've never had a potato so delicious!I am really happy that these potatoes are this delicious as I picked up the tubers from my local Wal-Mart just to give potatoes a shot. Now, if my other bag and bucket produce nicely, I will save some of them for seeds and keep planting them in bags/bucket. I don't have room to plant them in the ground. I may get a bigger container for them next season.

A update on Life...

When I started this blog about 2 years ago, I had no idea I would share so many experiences with friends and my fellow readers. I didn't even expect to have 1 follower, but today I have 13 and I feel blessed that I have made so many new friends. My first entry was about life. Since then, life has gotten so much better. Most of the problems I faced those days are still here, but today I have a different outlook on life. I've evolved a lot as a person and today I am thankful for every experience in my life. It has taught me so much and I wouldn't be who I am if it weren't for for those experiences. All day today, I have been thinking. About many things and today I would like to thank each and every person who has been there for me through thick and thin. The people in my life make it worthwhile and all my readers are a part of my life.

So, thank you. For everything.

Mutants!

No, not really mutants! Crazy Carrots more like it! Yesterday I dug up a few of my carrots that I had growing in a 6 inch container to find these wonders! They look like the claws of death lol! I wasn't shocked as I didn't expect those carrots to do that well. It was either the pot was too shallow or transplanting them from the main pot to the one I pulled them from made them all crocked and caused them to have multiple "shoots" and here I was thinking that that only broccoli had side shoots! LOL.

The Cosmic Purple Carrot is from a separate pot and they seem to be growing quite well. 

My niece (and I) had no problem devouring the carrots after I washed and peeled them. The smaller "claws" were like baby carrots and they all tasted good. I am excited about my main harvest!

The Seed Company Seed Organizer

Recently a good friend of mine, Jenn from Jenn's Gardening Spot, had a giveaway on her blog and I was lucky enough to win. Jenn has awesome giveaways all the time, so be sure to check out her gardening page and follow her or subscribe. Yesterday my PRIZE came in the mail and let me tell, it is amazing. I love my Seed Keeper. The box came with some great gardening goodies. Inside was a card from the fantastic ladies at Seed Keeper Co., Kerrie and Carol. Here are a few pictures of what I received.

The kit included the storage containers, organizing dividers, gardening gloves, wooden labels, wooden ruler for spacing and so much more...

Each divider has some helpful/useful pointers on them... Pretty cool!

I love the seed bags! They are made of wax paper and very easy to store, fold, and write on. I love them!

Nasturtiums

I wanted to share the abundance of colors our Nasturtiums provide in our garden. We had many different colors and they are all very gorgeous. We have both the trailing kind and the compact. Take a look.