A Saturday spent in the garden

On Saturday our task for the morning was to pull up all of the potato plants to make room for something else.  The farmer, Reid, had never planted them before so needless to say neither of us knew what to expect.  It was actually quite interesting to see how potatoes grow.  Thanks to our friend Patricia, she had potatoes that had sprouted and we cut the potato into a few pieces and buried them in the ground.  We left them for about 9 weeks and I honestly thought that we weren't going to get anything because the plants looked terrible.  The plants began to wilt and come to find out that is when you know the potato plants are done!  Here is a picture of how the potatoes grow:

Needless to say you don't have to plant that many sprouts to receive a bundle of potatoes.  This next picture was taken halfway through the potato plants,  lets just say we have plenty of potatoes!

We were able to clear out this section along with an entire row of radishes and onions (we couldn't get these to survive).  We planted more green beans, squash and zucchini because these are our favorites.    Here is a few pictures from dinner last night where we cooked up fresh zucchini, squash and green beans from the garden, very tasty!

While working in the garden Reid heard a little chirp coming from under a tomato plant and look what he found:

Although he looks big in the pictures trust me when I say he was very tiny.  He was very weak and needed a little nourishment.  He sucked this down and was good to go and off the little guy went.