I think I left out pictures of the potatoes last time. They are loving all the rain we've had and have taken off. Since our wonderful Tennessee ground is rocky and hard and mostly clay, we have to grow backyard potatoes a little differently. The last few years Jeff has built "barrels" out of hardware cloth (wire mesh). As the plant grows he covers it with more dirt. The potatoes grow up along the stem underground. We know they are ready when the plant on top wilts and dies off. The last few years we have had several very small potatoes. This year looks like we'll get quite a few!
CUCUMBERS & ZUCCHINI
We got five cucumber plants and four zucchini plants in the ground yesterday. We used silver mulch for our zucchini to hopefully keep the bugs off of them this year and the weeds down. I'll post more on that later.
PEPPERS
Last week, Jeff planted four jalapeno and four bell pepper plants. We mainly grow these to make pepper jelly... yum. They both freeze really well, too.
OTHER
Check out the "What We're Growing" page on the right column to see a list of what we're growing.
Thanks for the update. Sounds like fun. What a great idea for potatoes. Never thought of that! What is silver mulch???? A. Beth
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