The Great Potato

The sky was overcast with all the weather reporters calling for rain, I thought there is no way it is NOT going to rain today....well I was wrong, it didn't rain.  Finally at 1pm I decided it was time to put fear to the side and start to tackle my vegetable garden.  It starts with potatoes.  With this Ontario spring being so cold and windy nothing that is above ground is ready to go into the ground. 

I got my wheelbarrow filled with everything I needed to start planting some potatoes.  I have approximately 120 pounds of seed potatoes, Kennebec and Pontiac Red.

I packed my potatoes, a hoe, string markers, stick markers, a knife and cutting board and a marker.  I have been renovating our living room and am using our old baseboard for garden markers. 

I recently purchased this basket at a local thrift store and thought it would be great for my garden.  It has worked great so far holding my potatoes!  I cut the potatoes if there are enough 'eyes' on them, just make sure there is at least one eye on each potato you plant. 

So I have official started my insanely large vegetable garden.  I have 6 rows of my potatoes planted and it has hardly even dented my stash, I'll let you know how many rows it will take.  Right now I am listening to the sweet sound of the rain falling and am thinking it may be an indoor day tomorrow...we'll have to wait and see.