Potatoes

Yesterday we started planting potatoes. Last year the grass hoppers ate all the greens and the chickens picked out one hole in each of the potatoes.(Oy Gevolt!) So we tried again. First we nail down two wooden sticks tied with string to make sure the area we are planting in is even. Then we hoe a ditch in the ground, put minerals on the side, put the potatoes in the ditch and hoe the dirt and minerals back in the ditch. We worked for four hours non stop in 80 degree heat! But we got 250 feet of red potatoes done in that time, followed by a long rest in the house, which, trust me was desperately needed.