Friday 18 March 2011

This is on my mind .. 'potatoes'


As I look at my chitting potatoes today, I can't help but wonder at the lives of those in past generations who depended almost entirely on this crop for their food source - and the risk of such reliance on that one food crop.

I feel privileged to have such an abundance of food to choose from today, such variety of healthy crops that have been developed (from their wild counterparts) to be bountiful, nutritious, delicious, beautiful .. and self sustaining (i.e. real, non hybrid, seeds that we can save and grow on ourselves).

Thank goodness for all those salads, legumes, brassicas, seeds, herbs and grains that I love to sow, grow, admire and eat - their diversity of colour, shape, flavour and habit. I love that diversity.

'This is on my mind' is a Friday theme from Rhonda Jean at Down to Earth .. what's on YOUR mind this Friday?

11 comments:

  1. We are lucky indeed. I can't wait to see your garden. I'll be working on my tomorrow.

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  2. Have fun in your garden tomorrow Claud.

    I'll be back to my garden in a week or so .. in the meantime, I'm sowing seeds in modules, so I can take them down and plant them out later.

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  3. Lovely looking bunch of 'chittings' plenty of 'eyes' to sort out the best and strongest. You should get a lovely crop of potatoes from those. Good growing!

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  4. Thanks John - I am looking forward to my potato harvest - I do LOVE potatoes - boiled, mashed, roasted, or, my favourite, baked. Yum.

    Just need to cross my fingers I'll get a good crop, get planting ... and wait a while.

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  5. You have a nice batch of chitting potatoes. Hopefully you will have a productive crop from those.

    I am also very thankful for abundance of tasty crops that we are able to grow.

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  6. Those potato starts certainly look healthy and ready to go. The diversity of foods available is a wonderful thing!

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  7. I hope your taters do really well. We love them too and will be planting some as well. I am so thankful for the many things we can do and grow in the garden.

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  8. How lovely to return to Blogland & find you're back to your build & making plans for your beloved garden xxxx

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  9. Thanks everyone for the comments - lovely to see you back in blogland Sara.

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  10. I am doing the same, in egg trays too, with Charlotte and Belle de Fontenay. I am fine with potatoes but it's tomatoes I have trouble with.

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  11. Good luck with your potatoes Jane. When do you plan on planting them?

    What's your tomato trouble?

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