Bucket List # 19 Home Grown Spuds

For my bucket list I thought it would be fun to grow something new. Growing things is a big part of who I am, so I thought it would be fun to put this on my list to honor that part of my upbringing. Sound silly? Let me give you a small taste of what a magic world I lived in as a youth.
As a child we lived with my grandmother who has the greenest thumb of anyone I have ever met. In the winter she would bring her potted plants inside, and much to my father's dismay, the dinning room was transformed to something very jungle like that continually fed my imagination. I learned the names of many plants and how to care for them. We lived on just over an acre, but we made the most of it. We had grapes, peaches, apples, pears, persimmons, plums, and hazelnuts. We had a garden each year that included but was not limited to, corn, pumpkins, chard, tomatoes, beans, peas, radish, peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, zucchini, crookneck, scalp, and winter squash. We raised our own animals for food as well. Mostly rabbits, chickens, and cows. We had some Rhode Island Reds that were laying hens, and our friends (Cluck-n-pluck, and Henny-Penny) I always had at least one horse of my own. My grandmother and great-grandmother's gardens was always offering up flowers such as camellias, daffodils, tulips, narcissus, quince, amaryllis, pansies, petunias, impatiens, day lily, hyacinths, iris, snow bells, alyssum, heirloom rose, and many many more. I know realize what a special and unique upbringing I had, and greatly miss it. To grow something I have never grown before is not an easy thing to find, and exciting as it brings back memories of being taught by my grandmother while kneeling in rich soil.
 This evening J and I picked our dinner for tomorrow night. We are having baked potatoes, and since we are leaving for the weekend and I have no idea what will happen to my plants while I am gone, I figured it was as good of time as any to pick them.

Just the ones we could fish out of the top half.
When we get back we will dump out the container and get the rest.

This spring I found I had some potatoes in my pantry that sprouted, I decided to give growing them a try. I have never grown potatoes on purpose, or out side of a compost pile, and was not sure how to do it in a pot. Well lucky me, a few Sundays before the preparedness specialist at church gave us a hand out on how to grow them in a trashcan. My pot was much smaller, but since they were a very small variety  I thought it might work.

The big ones are the same size as the one from the store. Success!

The skins started to come off as I washed them. They are so firm and cleaned up so nice, I am excited to try them tomorrow. This was much better than grown tomatoes that never ripen, like I did last year, and I will definitely grow these again next year.