The Potatoes have been planted

The weather was finally nice enough to till the next garden expansion area and I didn't waste anytime mapping out where the potatoes were going to be planted.  It turns out that I had enough "seeds" to plant a full three beds.  Here are some pictures of the stages of planting:

choosing the bed

getting the layout down

planting them in the ground

all covered up

tucked in with straw mulch

 

Now all that is left is making sure that they stay watered until harvest time.  I am looking forward to our future crop.  You would never know there could be a difference between store bought potatoes and home grown ones until you've eaten a potato that you just dug out of the ground.  There really is no comparison to fresh produce.....even when it is only a potato.