Bit by BIt I am restarting my garden

Well today I dug around in a little patch of my garden and decided to plant some potatoes that had already sprouted in the kitchen.

Beginning

Here is what the "site" looked like when I started.  As you can see I had worked in the raised bed area earlier and will blog about that soon.

It was just simple digging however, while I was digging I found many friends to help me. 

My Friend

I used to think that my spirit animal was a dolphin. However, I absolutely love it when I see these sweet little things pop up. It means that the soil is improving.  Yeah!

I also found this cute little thing when I was cleaning out the area.  I transplanted it to another part of the garden and hope it takes.  It is amazing that it just came up from something I planted in the fall..

Buttercrunch is my favorite

Potato Patch

I was watching a video called Homestead Blessings by the West Ladies.  This particular one is about gardening.

They showed how to make an easy potato patch. So I have decided to try it.
You just put down some newspaper to keep down the weeds.
Throw some potatoes on the newspaper.

Extra! Extra!Potatoes are coming!!

Then cover it with 6-8 inches of covering. When the covering (hay, mulch, compost, etc) goes down, just add some more.

Just make sure no light gets through