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First potato

Sun, May 14, 2006 · Filed under Spring, Veggies

The first potato plants are popping up. This is Gold Rush, saved from last season. The dirt on the leaves was splashed up by the pounding rain that came with yesterday’s thunderstorm.

Tags: potato, rain
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One Response to “First potato”

1. dj007 says:

   Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm

   Excuse my ignorance but do you ahvea to cover the leaves that popped up- or do they grow laterally like zucchinis.

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