My Dad always liked to plant potatoes on his birthday in February, a little early but he wanted a "head start" on his neighbors! If you are of Irish decent, there's a certain amount of pride in putting the "eyes" in the ground and watching them sprout. It's more than food, it's satisfaction in knowing you can take care of yourself.
All around America we still have that pioneer spirit in us, Springtime just brings it to the surface!
You have to start somewhere though, a pretty garden like this doesn't just grow on it's own. Now's the time to dig up the plot, start the seeds and in some places of the country set the plants in the ground. First things first, make a trip to your Farmers Co-op for some good advice and inspiration!
To get tomatoes like Aunt B's and Uncle George's...
so you can make this...
you need these!
Farmers Co-op is a little like standing in a "candy store," tempting me to buy a package of each!
Need...
want!
Here's some great ideas to get you started...
Now get busy little birdies!
My Irish grandmother, Eva Belle Ogles, always planted potatoes on St Patrick's Day.
ReplyDeleteThose tomatoes make my mouth water, and I love that bird feeder! Thanks for some great ideas.
Love that name, Eva Belle! Daddy wanted "braggin' rights" so he planted on his birthday every year, Feb.27! Aren't those maters beautiful? Aunt B's lunch that day was delicious!
DeleteI just bought some seeds from our local farm supply store (MFA). My dad and I had a running contest on who had what first and who could grow the most and the biggest veggies. I miss that every year.
ReplyDelete"Braggin' Rights!" Oh, how my Dad loved his garden... almost as much as fishing!
DeleteI got my first water trough garden last year. It grew great tomatoes!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great way to container garden! I love anything that's re-usable year to year. We do a little herb garden in a round wash tub on the deck, love it!
DeleteEnjoyed this post:)
ReplyDeleteCan you tell I have garden fever?
DeleteThis post doesn't show up on my dashboard, at all? The only way I found it was by going backward from a newer post. I even went back to see if I was somehow missing the title, but it still doesn't show on the dashboard? Not sure how that is, since I visited several times yesterday to show hubby and daughter the "Litany" video. I can't get it by going to "newer post" from the Litany one, only by going "older post" from the one in front of it. Hope some of that made sense?
ReplyDeleteWell, poop! Disregard my comment above. It DOES show up, just not where it's supposed to. I'm confused as heck and don't know how I missed it, especially since the Litany post doesn't show any newer posts after it, yet you can go to older posts after the post you did today. Freaky!
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