Potatoes and Turkeys — Janet Szabo

The husband and I planted potatoes Sunday afternoon. He tilled that section while I was at church, and after lunch, I cut up the seed potatoes and we got them into the ground:

We planted German Butterballs (so good!—better than Yukon Golds), Clearwater Russets, and Umatilla Russets. I’ve been through Umatilla several times. It is a town in Oregon and it’s on the route I take to get to Portland.

[I ran across this news article this morning: Hutterites Share 250 Tons of Potatoes in Reardan. The Hutterite colony in Washington state gave away potatoes they couldn’t sell. Now I’m wondering what is going on with the potato market.]

I’m going to put the drip hoses on this area because we don’t have much rain in the forecast.

The husband also spread out the (very fragrant) pig manure for me, and we moved a couple of tarps to cover areas that I won’t plant this year.

I was entertained by this activity after dinner Sunday night:

This guy was very sure of his appeal:

It’s going to be time to get out the riding mower soon.

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Robin and I went to Missoula yesterday. I had to register the trailer that the husband accidentally bought a few weeks ago. Because it was purchased by the construction company, we had to register it through MVDExpress rather than Flathead County, and the closest office is in Missoula. Oh well, it was a good excuse for a road trip. The weather was stellar. We checked out the new Hobby Lobby store, Joann Fabrics—the Missoula store is in much better shape than the Kalispell store—visited The Confident Stitch, found a fabulous new restaurant right across the street from TCS, and stopped at A Clean Stitch on the way out of town. (Yes, two stores with similar names is not the least bit confusing. 😵‍💫 ) The owner of A Clean Stitch and I put two more serger classes on the calendar for June and July. And, of course, Robin and I stopped at the Amish store on the way home for a dish of ice cream.

I also stopped at The Good Food Store in Missoula and bought more seeds. I am going to replant some of the tomatoes and squash to see if I get better germination. The Good Food Store carries seeds from Triple Divide Seeds and I think I am just going to order from them from now on. They are a local Montana company and have most of the varieties I want to grow.

I don’t have anything on the schedule for the rest of the week—and that is not a challenge to the universe—so I’ll see if I can get caught up on the to-do list.