Anybody hungry?

[Eric in IL]

The spuds and onion were grown in our garden, the rest is store-bought. The potatoes didn't yield too well this year, they did good number wise but were small. ( Kennebec's)

I used the Troy-Built Horse with 7 h.p. Kohler to do the dirty work. Oh, and a Massey 4355 with loader to pull out tomato stakes.

It should be ready about 6 Illinois time if you're stopping by.

 

[Kow Farmer]

Looks delicious! I have an at least an 8 hr. drive to Illinois, depending where you are at there. So I'll be a little late as I am writing this at noon here in Minnesota. LOL
Kow Farmer

 

[Michael Soldan]

..you left out the clams..

 

[the tractor vet]

Today i am not in the mood to play Chef , so it is going to be a slice of ham boiled taters and corn . Something fast easy and little effort on my part. I just know that the War Dept will be Pizzed But i really don't care as this is WHAT'S FOR DINNER.

 

[Ellis Kinney]

You need to include a GPS address. I will be arriving from KY. shortly before midnight. Keep the light on. Ellis

 

[37chief]

If I leave now, and drive straight through, I will be there in time for lunch Sat. Looks good. Stan in calif.

 

[Tony in Mass.]

Same potato situation here. Planted early. grew fast and furious, then wilted and ani-mules of all sorts were digging them up in July, so we humans had to. very few big ones. My Russian neighbors, potato conisuers, dig them up in July every year, but theirs are always a good size. I am a good spy, but I can't figure it out. Seems they are planting too close, in miserable dirt, or maybe that's the trick? This time, no tiller, just plow and harrow, see if Ukrainian style clumpy soil helps. Around here, clams would go in that pot too, looks good!

 

[Eric in IL]

Hmmm.... now ya got me wondering if there are any in the cabinet ?

 

[larry@stinescorner]

It sure does look good! But you know dave 2 and I are on a diet,so we cant come,but thanks for the offer, I hope my wife doesnt see your beautiful counter tops,because she is sick of our old ones,you not only made me more hungry than I already was,but you might have got her more angry too ! thanks,,,,, Larry,,,,,, lol

 

[Eric in IL]

We have losses due to Voles. They seem to be a smaller critter than a mole and you can see their runs on the surface of the ground. They are kinda lazy and won't dig any deeper than they have to for their prize, but inflict losses none the less.

They love me because I straw the potatoes and they enjoy a place to hide.

 

[old]

Wheres the turnips??? I still have turnips and cabbage and lettuce growing out in my garden. I to use an old as in 1972 Troy built tiller with a 7 hp Koler on it to till my garden area

 

[dgasper]

Oh my. My stomach's flappin!
Unfortunately I'm about 2000 miles away.

 

[El Toro]

I use to grow those Kennebec potatoes. Usually had very good yields. I also planted one row of Red Bliss. Hal

 

[larry@stinescorner]

dont have lettuce,but still have turnips ,potatoes, and onions left, Did not can enough stuff last year,plan to do much more next season,we use them and give some for christmas presents, I am fixing a nice pantry in the basement right now to store all the stuff we can on shelves,and my daughter wants to dehydrate some stuff from the garden too.

 

[Eric in IL]

...but..but...I used the low-fat 2% condensed milk and Dave2 would work the calories off swimming back home ..lol

By the way, the counters are circa 1960ish and beautiful may be stretching it a little, but thanks for the comment anyway.

 

[Eric in IL]

Well, I have a few turnips in the crisper but not many. Some in the garden too that we didn't pull. I doubt they are still edible.

I love my Troy-Built with the Kohler. Most times it will start with one pull. The tricky part is the ability to then speed the motor up without it dyeing. You have to be lucky enough to have the choke set just right.

 

[Eric in IL]

We love the Kennebecs', thin-skinned, seem to keep well for us. We save our seed potatoes from the previous year.

I don't know if it is from being lazy or frugal, but as you can see I don't even peel them. Besides, the skins are fiber right?

 

[Tom in TN]

Eric,

That looks great. How did you preserve the onions and potatoes from last year's harvest? By now, my onions would be rotten, black blobs and the potatoes would have sprouted eyes all over them.

I actually gave up trying to keep root vegetables a long time ago except for canning them.

Tom in TN

 

[RayP(MI)]

Looks good, just crock pot it overnight, and add a bunch of grated cheddar cheese.

 

[Eric in IL]

Tom,

Getting onions to keep is a problem for us too. The one in the picture has been in the crisper pan in the refrigerator since harvest. Most of our onions are diced in the blender and frozen.

The potatoes, we dig and lay on a rack in the barn, out of the sun. Then after about 5 days, remove the excess dirt with our hands and put them in cardboard boxes. If I could, I would then put them somewhere that is about 34 degrees and totally dark to store. Since that is not an option for me, they go into a spare bedroom that is not heated. My way, they have to endure more heat than they want until the weather cools down. Ours do sprout, which we periodically remove, but we find the colder you can keep them (without freezing) the less sprouts we have. If they get any light they will turn green.

 

[old]

Only trouble I have with this old thing is the fuel pump went bad so I have a tank rigged up on the handle bar so it is now gravity feed and every summer I have to open up the carb and clean it out but other then that and the reverse not working it has been a good machine. My dad years ago would till more then an acre with it so it has had the transmission rebuilt 2 or 3 times and this is the 2nd engine on it. The tires are still the same one as when new back in 1972. One does have a tube in it and I need to put a tube in the other one and might do that this spring

 

[old]

I hope to get an early start this year in the garden and get things like cabbage and lettuce and turnips etc in around the middle of March so that maybe we will have them sooner. I still have the 3 cold frames I built a few years back and may try to set up the green house this spring also

 

[snoopnc]

This is how I feel whenever a posting like this is put up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEdQiu4CwM4

Rick...with hurt feelings cause I did NOT get to sample

 

[snoopnc]

This is how I feel whenever a posting like this is put up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEdQiu4CwM4

Rick...with hurt feelings cause I did NOT get to sample
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[bobs old iron]

i wasn't till i opened this thread,,lol,,now I'm heading for the kitchen,,,and it an't going to look as good as your pics,,,canned chicken and rice, soup, thats all i got,,lol

 

[36 Coupe]

Potatoes need some fertilizer side dressed before they are hilled.

 

[36 Coupe]

Most of the vitamins and potassium are in the skin.

 

[36 Coupe]

Main jet on the carb is set too lean.No reason to use the choke after engine is warm.

 

[36 Coupe]

Our potatoes are dug in the am and left in the sun until afternoon.Skins toughen when dry.Leave the dirt alone.Our cellar holds at 40 degrees.most of the crop is stored in metal trash cans and plastic pails.Potatoes need damp storage.Covered cans and pails keep critters and light out.Onions go upstairs in an unheated bed room spread on news paper.been growing potatoes for 65 years.You should know how to do it right.I can make a good meal with a few boiled potatoes,a bit of salt, butter.If you dont have butter mayo or Ranch dressing or a little olive oil and garlic powder works.Cook them in a covered pot on a wood fired cook stove.

 

[Eric in IL]

I have no problems speeding up engine after it is warm. The first rev of the day is a little tricky though.

 

[Eric in IL]

I fertilize between the seed drops at planting and I am too lazy to hill them. We always have enough for our own use and usually extra to share with neighbors.

 

[Eric in IL]

Agree with your method but if a 40 degree cellar is not available, sometimes I find you have to just do the best you can with what you have.

 

[36 Coupe]

potatoes grow large in the loose hilled soil.Try a hiiled row verus an unhilled row.Weigh the produce of both rows.