Companion Plants For Potatoes — The year I decided to grow two tons of food, potatoes were my favorite crop. They are super easy to grow, it’s easy to grow a ton of them, and they taste great with pretty much any meal {it didn’t hurt that they drove the scale for produce grown that Read More >>
Recipe – Roasted Beet, Potato, and Walnut Salad
After we dug up those purple potatoes yesterday, I quickly hopped online to find some sort of salad recipe to use the techno colored spuds in. I was originally thinking about making a cold potato salad, but in the end I chose to make another roasted vegetable salad. This time with blue potatoes, beets and walnuts. Not only did Read More >>
Recipe: Green Bean and Potato Salad
I made this Green Bean and Potato Salad recipe yesterday for the first time so I could get out of a committee meeting. There was nothing left in the bowl when I went to pick up my dishes so they must have liked it. Either that or someone licked the bowl clean. I’m not sure Read More >>
How to Build a Potato Tower
Yesterday, Peanut the Easter Egger Chicken helped me build a potato tower. This was the first tower I had ever built and I needed all the help I could get. Since I’m trying to grow 2,000 lbs of fresh fruits and vegetables in my backyard this summer, I figured I should grow a few potatoes. Read More >>
Recipe: Twice Baked Potatoes
Last night while I was scrubbing potatoes {regular baked potatoes were on the menu}, I tossed a few extra in the oven. It’s been a while since we’ve had twice baked potatoes, so I decided to whip up a few for the Handsome Husband’s lunches this week. Not only are twice baked potatoes easy to Read More >>