I’ve also planted, in the front bed; spinach, carrots, and leaf lettuces. I’ve not seen anything else come up yet on those plants. We’ll see what happens there.
As for the kitchen garden—potager—I’m planting potatoes in the morning! The research I’ve done so far says to plant Fall potatoes in Texas about mid-August to mid –September. I figure we’ve had triple digits again this week—so maybe I’m not too late.
Here is what I’ve done so far:
I found the potatoes with the most eyes-- 
…just a couple of examples.
I cut them; making sure to leave a couple of eyes to each piece of potato. I laid them out on paper to cure.
You can see that the moisture is going out of them by this evening.
I’ll be putting them in the ground in the morning. I was reading an article at Backwoods Home—and the author of that article (Robert L. Williams) suggested adding a little bit of leaves or pine needles to the
Speaking of hot, dry Texas weather. We’ve had to small showers in the last 3 days. Wed. night it sprinkled VERY LIGHTLY for about 30 – 45 mins. and tonight around 10 pm it was raining and I could smell the rain in the air. I love the fragrance it made as it mixed with the soil.
It was very pleasant.
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4 comments:
Love to know how this project turns out!
Brenda
I've never heard of adding pine needles or leaves to potatos. Let us know how that turns out! I had a subscription to 'Backwoods' for years and loved it.
Take care-Kimberly
We've planted potatoes for 2 years now. I finally had enough this season to dice, blanch and freeze for hashbrowns. I love having them and so will you. Enjoy.
What a good idea! I'm going to give it a try too....I've never grown a garden or potatoes....this should be interesting....Mel's Designs from the Cabin....Mel
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