#Growing Potatoes

[wildrungarden]

I actually did grow potatoes this year, and for my first time… I’m really happy about the turnout! 🥔

[askwhatsforlunch]

Rosemary Hasselback Potatoes

Crispy outside and fluffy inside, like any good roasted spud, these beautifully decorative Rosemary Hasselback Potatoes make a delicious side to your Sunday Roast! Have a good one!

Ingredients (serves 3):

half a dozen large Garden Potatoes 

3 fluffy sprigs fresh rosemary

4 medium garlic cloves

about 3 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon fleur de sel or sea salt flakes

1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

Preheat oven to 200°C/395°F.

Thoroughly scrub and rinse the Potatoes, then peel them.

Holding a Potato firmly in your hand, use a sharp knife to cut very thin slices without going all the way through, so the Potato remains whole.

Repeat with remaining Potatoes.

Cut two of the rosemary sprigs in half, and remove the leaves of the third into a large roasting tin.

Crush garlic cloves, and add to the tin.

Add prepared Potatoes to the tin. Drizzle generously with olive oil, and rub them thoroughly, including between their "slices", to coat well in oil, rosemary and garlic.

Season well with fleur de sel and black pepper.

Place tin in the middle of the hot oven, and roast, at 200°C/395°F, for one hour, until cooked through and golden brown and crispy on top.

These Rosemary Hasselback Potatoes make an excellent side to Roast Turkey or Roast Beef.

[balkanradfem]

So we finally had a nice sunny Saturday, and I went to the community garden, for the first time in months, to plant potatoes! I haven't been for a long time because we had proper, cold winter here; freeze every night, and it snowed twice. And when the ground is frozen overnight and it snows a lot, plants aren't growing that much, so leaving them unattended for a month is fine.

When I got there, the soil was nice and soft and perfect for spring planting. Here's my method of planting potatoes:

First I dig little holes, each for one potato, and I put the potatoes in those holes. It does not need to be deep. Then, instead of burying them, I add a bunch of mulch on top – what I had with me were tree leaves. It can be straw or hay or any half-composted organic material. I've done this for 2 years and it does the job beautifully every time. When potatoes grow their leaves out, you add more mulch on top, so the potatoes can keep producing. They put some roots into the ground, but they produce all of the potatoes in the leaves, so that you don't have to dig them out, you can just feel your hand into the leaves and pull out grown potatoes. That saves a lot of labour! It also lets me spy on the tubers, and I love spying.

I haven't made a garden plan yet, so I just randomly picked few spots and planted about 20 potatoes, these are going to be ready to eat in the beginning of summer. I'll plant more in the fields on another sunny day.

[ediblegardenspointloma]

The Potato Harvest

It was a small yield of Yukon Gem potatoes planted in late February and harvested three months later.

I’m always up for a garden experiment. Lacking sufficient space to plant the seed potatoes in my raised beds, I used three five gallon black plastic containers with reasonable success.

My husband did FaceTime with my grandsons, five and two while I dumped the pots and pulled out the potatoes. I remember my own sons rummaging in the soil for new potatoes. On a recent trip to my son’s home in Ipswich, Massachusetts I delivered about half of the potatoes for the family’s enjoyment.

Read about my experiment and see photos in Growing Potatoes. Next year I’ll make room in my raised beds for Yukon Gem potatoes and expect a larger harvest.

Our Yukon Gem potatoes had a thin, delicate skin and a buttery, creamy texture. I simply steamed them and they maintained their color well. They would make a delightful summer potato salad.

[microfarmdesigns]

The difference between tree cover and no tree cover in a late spring frost potato greens.

[mentalfitness1]

Growing Your Own Potatoes at Home!

I think I finally cracked the code on growing potatoes. if you grow potatoes in buckets, the key is to add dirt as the plant grows larger. This gives the potatoes more room to keep growing. So remember: if you have potatoes at home and they start to sprout, put them in 5 gallon grow bags and keep the soil moist. Thee’s nothing like growing your own food! Health Benefits of Potatoes Take a look…

[xinesegalas]

The Earthy Alchemist

🌱 Unleash your inner Earthy Alchemist and join me on a gardening adventure! 🌿 Get ready to dig into the secrets of green thumbs and uncover the magic of nature. Check out my first article on Xine's Pack and let's grow together! 🌼🌿 #gardeningtips

Welcome to “The Earthy Alchemist,” where we dive headfirst into the captivating world of gardening and the wonders of the natural realm. As the dandelions bloom and nature signals the perfect time to plant potatoes, I can’t help but feel like an excited child at the window. Although Mark and I have retired from our gardening business, Homegrown Harvest, our passion for gardening knows no bounds.…

[x-crowmancer-x]

Enderpookie seems a bit different >:/??

[cookiedough77]

i forgot i can make normal text posts so im gonna do this more often because i think about miraculous daily:

when marinette and adrien play minecraft, marinette is the PRO at many aspecs of the game, while adrien WANTS/THINKS he can do well and then he ends up gathering flowers, chopping down trees for marinette, grows the crops, and then he sobs uncontrollably when he has to kill an animal

[wildrungarden]

5/6/24 ~ Potatoes are finally here! 🥔

[askwhatsforlunch]

Maple Butternut and Potato Gratins (Vegetarian)

These hearty, creamy and cheesy Maple Butternut Squash and Potato Gratins are the definition of a Winter Warmer, a comforting dish to tuck in on a cold day, especially when you've been out in that cold!

Ingredients (serves 3):

1/2 tablespoon Capon Fat 

a medium butternut squash, rinsed

4 small Garden Potatoes, scrubbed and rinsed

1 ½ teaspoon dried thyme

1 teaspoon fleur de sel or sea salt flakes

½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

2 tablespoons Capon Fat 

3/4 cup crème fraîche or sour cream

3 tablespoons pure (Grade A) Canadian Maple Syrup

120 grams/4 ounces Mature English Cheddar

Preheat oven to 200°C/395°F. Grease three individual baking tins with Capon Fat; set aside.

Peel, halve and seed butternut squash; then, cut it into small cubes.

Peel Garden Potatoes, and cut them into small cubes as well.

In a medium bowl, combine butternut squash cubes, Potato cubes, dried thyme, fleur de sel, black pepper and Capon Fat.

Toss well with clean hands until all butternut squash and Potato cubes are coated in Capon Fat and herbs.

Divide mixture between three prepared tins.

In a small bowl, combine crème fraîche and Maple Syrup, stirring until well-blended. Generously dollop onto the vegetables in each tin.

Grate Mature Cheddar on top.

Place tins in the middle of the hot oven and bake, at 200°C/395F°, for 45 to 50 minutes.

Serve Maple Butternut Squash and Potato Gratins hot.

[zorangezest]

may i present my kids who are all so stupid

yin -> unethical magic man

roro -> charming girl

frid -> should be banned from fire

tiller -> 14 year old

[canisalbus]

My sibling couldn't remember Machete's name and kept calling him Hatchet, so then we started imagining Machete's distant cousin from the countryside. Hatchet does not understand politics nor does he have an opinion on religion, all Hatchet knows is potatoes and chickens. And dirt.

Hatchet sounds like a stand up guy.

[juniper-clan]

WIP! What’s Amber so shy about?

[essektheylyss]

Finally made the Den Thelyss stew and it does in fact live up to the hype. I wasn't questioning it anyway but Essek is confirmed valid for his favorite food if this is what his family was serving for special occasions.