[upcountry miss]

We stopped planting potatoes when the govmint banned arsenic of lead as it was the only thing we could find to control beetles. My potatoes are out of the buckets about a foot and I have been filling the buckets as they grew, so the buckets are nearly full of compost. Anxious to see what I harvest. No beetles as yet. Unbelievable!!

My daughter offered to help me organize my pantry today as it was a disaster area. My late sister hoarded more than I and in my haste to prepare her house for sale, boxes were just dumped in my pantry. Anyway, during the process, I discovered only one dehydrator where there should be two. Now, I have to rack my brain to see if I can remember who I lent it to before I need it. Oh the joys of growing old.

On another more interesting note, hubby is helping a grand nephew restore a 1964 backhoe. It's nearly finished and I am just dreaming of the rocks I can retrieve from the river with that baby!!!

[CottonBall]

My potatoes are out of the buckets about a foot and I have been filling the buckets as they grew, so the buckets are nearly full of compost.

Can you explain to me how this works? I am a gardening newbie ;) I've read about piling more dirt around potato plants but can't really see where to do it at. My plants are between a foot and half and a foot tall and I don't see anything obvious on them that says 'cover me with dirt'.

btw, I think your weather sounds lovely. Other than w/r gardening, that is. We're in around 100 degree heat daily with no variation in sight until September. The monotony gets old. I do have to admit that the nights cool down nicely. Better than when we were in Corpus and it was hot AND humid 24 hours a day for 3-4 months. And no mountains or cool beaches to escape to. So, I guess I should quit whining about Bakersfield weather after all ;)

[DelaWhere]

>>>I am just dreaming of the rocks I can retrieve from the river with that baby!<<<

All for a bench?

LOL you will have a whole Shrine built down there...

I was going to rent one for a day, but they charge $400 a day around here, so I decided to use my Armstrong digger, and downscale my tasks considerably...

[Marmolade]

“I am just dreaming of the rocks I can retrieve from the river with that baby!!!”

The boys got a couple of good ones from our creek a few years back using our bobcat. They were kind of flattish, but thick enough for me to use as steps up to my woodland garden area. Whenever hubby goes to KY on his geneological hunts, he usually brings back a few rocks from specific sites. I joked with him this year if he keeps it up, we will be able to build our own stone wall like they have in KY. LOL