Potatoes & Sweet Corn

Monday morning is water all of the house plants and the hanging baskets outside.  I forgot and started breakfast.  Some of the garden plants are on the patio.  I watered them; they were really dry.  

I cut four big bunches of rhubarb.  I have been cutting off the stem close to the ground, and then cut off the big leaves.   I found it easier to cut off the leaves first.  That made it much easier to see the stems, which I cut off close to the ground.  

This plant is nearly cut away.  I cut off most of the leave the plant on the right. 

The tray is full of stems.  Some are short, some are long, and there are a lot which are thin.

I brought them into the house and separated them into four groups.  I went back out and cut a few more to make each group a little larger.  When it was time for the mail, I took them to the post office.

I planted the potatoes.  I cleaned a row for the potatoes last week.   At the beginning of the row, I dug a hole and put the soil to the side.  Several weeks ago, I cut potato tubers into small pieces leaving one of more eyes on each potato. I carefully put the potato tuber in the ground.  I dug new hole for the next tuber and used that soil to cover the previous tuber. I went down the row backwards until I got to the end.  I had enough tubers to finish the row.

This is the picture of the completed row.  One of out cats happened to walk past as I was taking the picture.

I want to fix my label printer.  I used to have a small keyboard that went with the printer.  There is a box of cords and old phones and old calculators in the shed.  I looked through the large tote.  I didn't find what I was looking for.  

Planting the Peaches and Cream sweet corn was the hardest thing I did today.  I need a wide row.  This was where I planted the corn last year.  I started on the east end and made thirty-six holes on the north side.  I cleaned out the hole with a garden trowel.  I then carefully removed the plant from the six pack.  I then went to the west end and worked my way to the front of the row. 

This is a close up-photo of the two rows of sweet corn.  I went back to the house for lunch and ate the rest of the casserole.  Carol put some milk in it which softened the noodles making it taste much better.  

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