Something for Nothing

Remember that moldering potato I stuck in the pot under the grow light 3 months ago because it was winter and I wanted something green inside?  Well, it died.

potato
Starting to turn yellow back there

I had never seriously grown a potato before, so I didn’t know what to expect.  Liz informed me, however, that the plant dying simply meant it was time to harvest it.  Either way, I needed to remove it before it started rotting in my basement, so I dumped the pot outside.  Peeking through the root clump, I saw some happy little tubers, so I gently ripped apart the roots and behold:

cluster
A breakfast’s worth I suppose

I had forgotten it was the red potato I planted.  While not exactly an epic crop, it’s still a fun little net gain from an otherwise inedible piece of produce.

–Simon

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