Awesome! I have successfully grown NEW POTATOES, as opposed to old potatoes, I guess???
Anywhoo, I was outside this evening checking my potato plants and discovered some red potatoes poking through the soil. Wow, already? Well, had to look this up and read about it... I learned that these are NEW POTATOES. They are the first to poke through the soil and you can harvest these. By harvesting these now it leaves more room for the MAIN CROP potatoes to grow; harvesting them after the potato stalks die off.
So, excited I've included a picture of them and a recipe for NEW POTATO POTATO SALAD:
2 pounds of New potatoes unpeeled
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 hard cooked eggs peeled and chopped
1 1/2 cups of minced celery
1/2 to 1 cup sweet onion
1/2 cup mayo
1 - 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1/2 chopped sweet pickles with some juice
salt and pepper to taste
dash of cayenne pepper
fresh chopped parsley
paprika
Scrub potatoes, do not peel, cut into 1 inch cubes. Cover with water and add 1/2 teaspoon salt. Boil until tender. Drain and let cool.
Combine potatoes with remaining ingredients up to parsley and paprika. Sprinkle with last two ingredients when done. Serves 6-8
My NEW POTATOES are boiling as I write...My hubby and I will be taking fresh potato salad to work tomorrow for lunch!
Are you sure they are gnu potatoes?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure...but what else could they be? I did read about growing potatoes and this is what they said. The first few potatoes poking through the soil are considered new potatoes. The main crop potatoes are still under ground. You used to be a farmer...is this correct?
ReplyDeleteShould still be a farmer ....
ReplyDeleteExciting times, huh? Shelly and the chicken ranch on the horizon. Eggs are many months away. I hope four dissimilar breeds find happiness together in a coop. I wonder the size of the coop.
We do have baby robins at our house! We saw two robins darting in and out of a large yew bush beside the house recently. It took some searching, but I found the nest. To my dismay, access for photo images just isn't possible.
In the last week, we've seen one robin on the nest at all times. Then, the past couple of days, we've seen one robin with food in its mouth come to the bush, and the one sitting on the nest immediately leaves. Their pattern indicates they have some form of communication, "... hey get out, I'm coming in the nest in five seconds." We have seen this pattern on other nests -- two robins working the nest, one leaving just before the other arrives.
The incoming robin was dropping the food down into the nest (it is about four feet above eye level, so cannot see inside). This evening, we saw the incoming robin with food, and then saw a couple of elongated necks with open mouths. So, they are hatched, and large enough to rise above the edge of the nest.
This makes me very frustrated -- a nest eight feet from the door, and I cannot get pictures!
Last weekend, we saw remnants of two blue eggs on the driveway. I know a crow raided another nest in this bush about four weeks ago. A small bird, with speckled eggs, built a nest, only to have a crow raid the nest for the eggs. Even the nest was destroyed.
Apparently, somebody got away with at least two robin eggs before they hatched. Now, will the crow leave the babies alone? Not likely. This could get cruel before it gets happy with young robins making their maiden flight.
First thing...explain the "should still be a farmer" comment...interesting, do tell.
ReplyDeleteSecond, sad about the Robin situation. Fun to watch those birds. Maybe the other nest was a wren nest?
I too have some birds hanging around the house. Two cardinals. The male, the brighter one I'm assuming, is like my buddy. Whenever I'm outside on the front or back porch he finds his way into my sight. Funny. It's like he waits for me to come outside and sit and then he makes his appearence for me. I'm going to have to read up on the habits of cardinals. Must find the time again to do those things. My time is running out at the chapel. I actually quit two weeks ago, but they've asked me to stay, well Bill Harmon has. My situation with the nanny job has changed and I'll be working an extra day for the family and won't be able to put the time in at the church on weekends any longer; getting to be too much time spent at the chapel. I miss coming to sunday school. I want to be a part of this tozer study. So, Phil and I have decided to let me work one day a week at the chapel, Fridays, just until the end of July. We'll re- decide then, but the job now requires more time than I have to devote to it, nanny job 1st priority. So, starting July first I'll only be at the chapel on Fridays and no weekend events any more. Yea! See you in Sunday school!
The robins are very much still alive in their nest. My thoughts on the timing is they hatched last Saturday or Sunday. By Wednesday, they had small heads over the top. Two robins (mamma and dadda?) are really working hard to keep them fed. Even tonight, 9:15 p.m., they were making inbound flights to the nest. And, I see them already feeding at 6:00 a.m. It must be non-stop.
ReplyDeleteBy now, the chicks are quite large. When one of the robins comes with food, it is very easy to see four heads/mouths waiting and begging. They are changing so fast. Perhaps by this coming weekend, they will be ready to leave the nest, about 14 days after hatching.
I've shot a few pictures, but nothing of value. Your 20X would work great for this scene. I don't know about being hand-held, though.
We saw many robins today on the lawns after mowing, all digging for food. This means that a nest is nearby. This is probably the time for second, and last, clutch of chicks.