Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Finding our dinner in the dirt.

Brad is the gardner around here. I love that we have a garden every year because my kids will actually eat the vegetables that we grow as opposed to the ones we get from the store. I'm almost tempted to buy a big bag of produce, throw the leafy greens in the garden during naps, and trick them into eating their veggies for dinner. But that would be sneaky and moms never do anything sneaky in an attempt to get their children to eat their fill from the food pyramid.

Last night we were checking out our latest crop when Brad decided to dig down into one of our planters. In went his hand and out came a potato! And then another. and another. and another. Until we filled this entire bowl full.

The best part of this story is that we didn't even plant these this year. These were all volunteers from last year's planting. So we'll be having our fill of potatoes over the next few days. If anyone gets a craving for some fries or hash browns, you know who to call.

2 comments:

Jenn said...

That is hilarious. I've always been jealous of your garden...everything is always so huge!

Angela said...

That's funny! My husband found volunteer carrots from last year when he was getting ready to till our garden! They didn't look edible like your potatoes, though! :-)