The Humble Spud

I wasn't even sure if anything was growing so I thought it wouldn't do any harm just to have a little nosey at what lay beneath. I careful move some soil and low and behold I saw just one. It gave me hope in the whole potato growing process.

I had used organic potatoes I had brought to eat and thought what the heck and threw some into 4 buckets, piled up the soil once the shoots came through until it reached the top. My gardening guru she said leave them alone and wait until the plant starts to die and voila potatoes will magically appear, so that's what I did.

The other week when the leaves had all turned brown I knew to check for a second time what lay beneath and I wasn't disappointed. After carefully removing them from the soil I managed filled the bottom layer of a bucket, may not seem like much but it was enough for 4 of us to feast on for dinner that very night. I did the same with the 2 remaining buckets and got more. Really it was money for nothing and the whole family was pleased with the results.

I showed my parents who now no longer "roll their eyes" at their daughter who's always trying something new, they were really happy for me and I was happy for me too. I must say they were the best tasting ones EEEVVVEEERRR!!!!

Note to self - bigger buckets and I know exactly where to get them from.

Peas glorious peas

For a few weeks all I seemed to do was water and build supports for beans and then one day, out of the blue(over exaggeration) there they were...PEA PODS. I took a double take to make sure I wasn't seeing things and sure enough there they were.

Then of course it's like okay when can I eat them...are they ready yet, are they ready yet, are they ready yet....NO I kept telling myself. As they say all good things come to those who wait and that day came sooner rather than later. Must have had something to do with the awesome weather we had over christmas.

So every day I would walk past my beans; a nibble here and a nibble there - woohoo, I couldn't get enough. When I had offered some to a certain person(no names) they looked at me and said can I eat them?????, well yes; where do you think the vege's in the plastic bags in the frozen food aisle come from....lol. It just highlights what a disposable society we have become when our own children don't know that vege's grow in the ground etc...