Saturday morning flowers

This beautiful epiphyllum for many years belonged to my mother.  I had given it to her for a birthday. It then belonged to her best friend my "uncle", Lee. He kept it going for many years and gave it me when I bought my first condo in the 00's.

It first flowered for me the first spring I "owned' it, on my birthday!  I love the coincidence; it makes me smile.

My German Butterball potatoes are getting much closer to harvest time.  There are just coming into full flower.

Saturday shots

The potato greenery has filled the bed!  They are a bit leggy so I hope the soil fertility is good for the tubers. 

German Butterballs.

I was beginning to worry about the Liberty apple.  It very slowly leafed out and there aren't alot of blossoms but as always, apple blossoms are beautiful and fragrant. 

I was out just past first light, checking out the garden, watering a few of the youngest plants and seedlings.  Tomorrow is gardening day. 

Potatoes!

Potatoes!

When I was a little girl my Mom carved out a bit of our garden for me.  I grew carrots and potatoes, always and carrots and potatoes. Each spring I would wait so patiently till I could plant them. And then, some months later, eat them.

 I have grown carrots for a number of years now, but not potatoes.  Last year I tried growing several varieties of potatoes in large pots.  I had read a decent harvest was possible but it didn't work very well for me.  So this year I just had to plant some.  Even though, they can be a pain, the tiniest dot of a potato will grow new potato plants. They are almost, just almost, a weed. Next year when I am growing something else in the bed I will be pulling tater weeds!

 And so, I planted 3 four foot rows of German Butterballs.  I did.  I did.  I dug three troughs, planted them and once they started coming up added a smaller layer of earth and covered the shoots.  I kept this up until the troughs were filled. Yesterday morning I filled the trough till it was finally full and this afternoon, after getting home form work, this is what I saw:

Go Butterballs!