Planting Grocery Store Potatoes

I've almost always had fresh baby potatoes from Mama's garden to eat in late spring or early summer.  She always saw to it that all of her children and various other loved ones had some fresh potatoes.  But, Mama's not here, and in fact was not able to grow her beloved garden for the last couple of years.

So this year, even though I got a late start, I decided to plant some of my own potatoes. But, I never got over to the garden center to buy my "certified virus free seed potatoes". Did this stop me? No...

Breaking Through the ground

I cut the eyes off some grocery store potatoes and planted them about a week and a half ago.   I used the remainder of the potatoes to make a bowl of potato salad.

 I recall Mama doing this one year when seed potatoes weren't available, but I'm not sure how that crop of hers turned out.   I went outside today, braving the relentless, cold, rainy, wind, (argh!)  and was so surprised that they have come up!!! 

Poor Soil, but well drained.

Now, I will need to work some compost into the soil around them and keep the dirt hilled up around them as they grow. I can't wait to see if the grocery store potatoes actually produce enough potatoes to be worth the trouble. I'll keep you posted!