Saturday, September 05, 2009

Potato Harvest Day!

Today was the potato harvest day over at the farm (tomorrow is too, so if you you want to go, you should!).

Okay so here are some pictures! I went potato picking first, then had pancakes. With the farm's blackberry syrup. Super Ymmy.

Here are some pictures from the potato field. They had a tractor that would go thru and plow some up, then you could scamper out and just grab those on top. I hear after a few days you need a shovel, but on the 1st day, you just walk around and pick some up!





Here is my haul, I'm letting them dry out before I put them in the crisper. It's a pretty good haul, and I can hardly wait until I'm hungry enough to cook one. They say these potatoes taste a whole lot better than store ones. Did you know that potatoes in the stores are up to 10 months old?


While I was waiting in line for the pancakes (it was a long line) I was watching the animals, I wish I had gotten a picture of the goats in the tree house. They have this tree house that is so far off the ground. I had never seen them up there before, so that was a treat.

The baby Emu (it is an emu, I thought it was a baby ostrich, I was wrong, they look alike as young un's) had a rest. Although I realized their knees went the other way, when they sit down it is very easy to notice.

The chicken laid an egg.

It was a beautiful morning on the farm. I hope all of you are having a good long weekend!!