One potato, two potatoes...
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (49509)
St. Catharines, Ontario
April 23, 2025 6:10pm CST
So, today being warm and sunny and not raining, I worked on garden bed #3. I dug it over and added more soil to raise the bed.
This was where I've been planting my potatoes for a few years, and I thought I had dug up all that were there last year, but nope, I managed to uncover two potatoes. They're firm and I had thought of having them for my dinner tonight but ended up eating a bag of veggie chips instead. And some Peeps for dessert.
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@MarieCoyle (43270)
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24 Apr
That usually happens to me with carrots. I always think I have them all dug up, and then the following spring I find a couple of little strays. I've never attempted to eat them, I just toss them out under the tree for the endless rabbits we have running around...or the geese, or the squirrels, or whoever wants it and gets to it first!!
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr
I had some carrots survive the winter and they seem to be doing ok.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr
@MarieCoyle Well, they're roots... grass and trees survive the winter, why shouldn't carrots?
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@MarieCoyle (43270)
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24 Apr
@BarBaraPrz
It’s strange in a way that they can survive but they can.
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@allknowing (144893)
• India
24 Apr
I would call it a treasure for gardeners. Something unexpected.
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@allknowing (144893)
• India
24 Apr
@BarBaraPrz I had that excitement of digging out turmeric That which remained has now sprouted and I see plants.
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@DaddyEvil (147009)
• United States
24 Apr
I wonder if you'd left them longer if they would have sprouted for you?
Eww! You actually eat Peeps? 
Pretty eats them, too, and I always tease her about it. 
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Uh huh... if you say so... 
@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr
I think they're programmed that way. 
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@JudyEv (352141)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr
@BarBaraPrz They burrow around in the dirt keeping just ahead of you.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Apr
Well, I haven't eaten them yet.
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@Ineeddentures (656)
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24 Apr
It's strange how one can read something about someone else doing something which almost mirrors what they did.
I need to top up a bed in the garden with more soil or compost which I weeded and dug over yesterday.
Peeps? Never heard that one before.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr
Peeps are marshmallow confections in the shapes of chicks or bunnies.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr
@Ineeddentures I'm sure you would. 
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@xstitcher (34033)
• Petaluma, California
24 Apr
I've never planted vegetables. That was always my mother's thing. I just plant flowers and attempt to make them grow.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Apr
Why not give it a go? Peas and beans are easy and don't have deep roots. You could grow them in a planter.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Apr
They're easy enough to grow.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Apr
I noticed some dill plants starting to come up. They seeded themselves last year.
My tomatoes do that too, but I haven't seen any come up yet.
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@BarBaraPrz (49509)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Apr
@paigea My rhubarb is coming up nicely.
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@paigea (35938)
• Canada
25 Apr
@BarBaraPrz I should at least walk out to the rhubarb and asparagus. That's usually first.
Dill seeds all over the garden. My friend believes that dill is better than freshly planted
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