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I love to garden!   Today I am sharing with you some of gardening tips and all about my potato vines!

Interesting fact:  Did you know that potato vines, commonly used in planters, actually grow edible potatoes by the end of the year?  My boss had told me this and I had told a few people {including my parents} and I am pretty sure most did not believe me.

The proof is in the planter:  Today I dug up our planters.  They had looked great a few times during the season, but honestly I didn’t do a very good job of watering this year with the sweltering temps and one of the devil-rabbits in our yard would continually gnaw on it while laughing at us through the window.  Lo and behold, look what I found today:

Dug up potato vines with small potatoes on them.
I even uncovered a few more red potatoes once I up-ended the bucket – check out that root system:
A plant that has been taken out of its planter and overturned in a bucket.
A small long potato lying on the ground.
Its amazing they started out this small the day my mom planted them for us in June {they are the lime green leaves on the left side of the planter}:
A colorful planter in the front of the house with pink, red, purple and yellow flowers.
In other unexciting landscaping news, something must be up with our garden soil this year.  My hydrangeas out front have not been the white color for most of the year like they are supposed to be.  They have been a rich deep mauve to maroon color.  I don’t hate it, I just like my white hydrangeas better.  Guess I should be glad I even had blooms at all this year.

Hydrangeas in June:

White hydrangeas in the garden beside the house.

Hydrangeas now:

Pink hydrangeas with green leaves.
The sun on the pink hydrangeas.

Yet, somehow, the dirt in our backyard remains fine as both of my hydrangea bushes there {different types than the one out front} have maintained their whiteness.

A small garden in the back of the house.

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