Friday, August 7, 2009

Potatoes and Tomatoes

I just dug up a large handfull of Yukon Golds. It's not as much as I thought I'd get, but perhaps we didn't allow the plants to "pile up" with soil during their growth spurts. There's still time this year to grow more, and that's just what I did with some cut potato skins Kevin had kept aside for planting. In two more months we'll get another harvest. WE still have eight other plants piling up and they should be ready in another month.

The four tomato plants that I planted last week, the two German Queens, one Mr, Stripey and one Beefsteak are all doing much better, thanks to the coffee grounds I placed around the plants. (Their dull light green color when I bought them were an indicator the plants needed nitrogen.)

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