Well, it's that time again in the O'Dell home. Planting season! First on the docket red and white potatoes.
A few weeks ago, we bought them from the feed store, quartered them and put them in our window sill to sprout. And sprout, they did!
Tradition for us is to plant them on Valentine's Day, so here we are in the yard getting the soil ready for the potatoes.
Carter and Tilly spreading the peat moss over the soil.
Summer and Hundley decided to join in on the fun!
This year, we are trying something new with our potatoes. Instead of mounds of dirt and hay, we are planting them in tires. The garden is David's baby, so I trust him fully. We shall see. Luckily for us, one of our church members owns several tire stores in town, so he gave us some old tires.
Look how close in height Summer and Carter are these days. I feel confident at some point she will pass him up, but maybe not for long, as he won't like that one single bit, ha!
There they are inside the tires, ready to be covered by dirt.
There are the row of tires with the potatoes already inside. Notice my love styling with his boots and gym shorts!
The big 3 helping Daddy to cover the potatoes with dirt. I wonder when working will no longer be fun for them? I hope no time soon!
Stay tuned for more updates on our spring garden. It won't be long til we are adding to the crop!
1 comment:
As always, it's so good to catch up on your family! I love all your latest posts and it looks like ya'll have settled quite nicely in Hattiesburg! I look forward to your garden updates...we're attempting again, only our second time to do so!
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