In the Nursery

As the last few pictures attest, my only frequent activity these days is in the garden. The calendar suggested the beets and potatoes were ready for harvesting, but I wasn't sure, having never grown either. So, I dug up one potato plant. To my delight, there were two perfect, new potatoes. To my dismay, I may have wiped out several more that still needed time to grow, as evidenced by the tiny red dots you can observe to the right of the "ready" potatoes. I boiled them, along with the baby beet I harvested (honestly no bigger than a cherry), and had a very simple lunch seasoned with fresh pepper, butter, and parsley from the garden. The potatoes melted in my mouth.

I tried tamping the tiny spuds back in the ground, but I'm afraid I've likely killed any potential potatoes on that plant. It looked pretty wilted when I went back outside. But I am excited that I will have SOME potatoes.

On the bottom right you can see a baby butternut squash. This will be a first for me as well.

So that is all the news I have from the veggie nursery. I'm looking at a macro lens, which should improve shots of smaller, close-up objects. We'll see.