Heritage Homestead
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We finally got out to harvest our potatoes and they turned out really well! The first time we have had a really successful potato crop.
The kids probably got the most fun out of it. All the younger ones were helping. Even down to the baby (almost 2). She loved it!
I don’t know who started it, but pretty soon everyone started yelling when they found another patch of them. “I found more gold!” “I found a big vein!” “This vein isn’t good anymore. Lets set up another charge over here.” I kept reminding them that these were not Yukon Golds.
It was like finding buried treasure though. Most of the plants were not there anymore, so we had to start going through the whole plot. :dig-hole: It was pretty exciting when someone found some. Everyone would rush over and leave off where they were working. The person who found the potatoes did not like this very much since they wanted to harvest those themselves. Claim jumpers! :angry: My brother started to carry around one of the toy rifles to ward off anyone who tried to grab his potatoes. :2guns: Actually come to think of it I think he was also using it in an effort to take other peoples as well. I’m pretty sure I recollect holding him off a claim of my own. :gun:
Yes, we are a bunch of crazy people, especially my brothers. :yes: They love history (at least parts of it). I think their favorites are stories of the old west. My 4-year-old brother has a growing movie collection. It is made up entirely of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and The Lone Ranger. An Ohio gold rush was right up their alley. Anyway, I think I am getting slightly off topic.
Here are some photos of our crop.
There were a lot of good-sized ones! You can also see brother's toy rifle. I don’t think that is the safest way to hold a gun. Good thing it can’t shoot anything! Unless imaginary bears count.
We also had some tator tots!
Here is the result of our labor. And there is still some more out there.
Sis used them and made a delicious veggie rice soup for dinner.
The kids probably got the most fun out of it. All the younger ones were helping. Even down to the baby (almost 2). She loved it!
I don’t know who started it, but pretty soon everyone started yelling when they found another patch of them. “I found more gold!” “I found a big vein!” “This vein isn’t good anymore. Lets set up another charge over here.” I kept reminding them that these were not Yukon Golds.
It was like finding buried treasure though. Most of the plants were not there anymore, so we had to start going through the whole plot. :dig-hole: It was pretty exciting when someone found some. Everyone would rush over and leave off where they were working. The person who found the potatoes did not like this very much since they wanted to harvest those themselves. Claim jumpers! :angry: My brother started to carry around one of the toy rifles to ward off anyone who tried to grab his potatoes. :2guns: Actually come to think of it I think he was also using it in an effort to take other peoples as well. I’m pretty sure I recollect holding him off a claim of my own. :gun:
Yes, we are a bunch of crazy people, especially my brothers. :yes: They love history (at least parts of it). I think their favorites are stories of the old west. My 4-year-old brother has a growing movie collection. It is made up entirely of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and The Lone Ranger. An Ohio gold rush was right up their alley. Anyway, I think I am getting slightly off topic.
Here are some photos of our crop.
There were a lot of good-sized ones! You can also see brother's toy rifle. I don’t think that is the safest way to hold a gun. Good thing it can’t shoot anything! Unless imaginary bears count.
We also had some tator tots!
Here is the result of our labor. And there is still some more out there.
Sis used them and made a delicious veggie rice soup for dinner.
