Whiteley Creek Homestead

LIFE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

organically grown triticale in our field
canoeing in our wetlands
raspberries growing wild on our property
our back porch fieldstone fireplace

Deep within the soil, the tiny seeds of carrots and the "eyes" of seed potato chunks that were planted in the early spring take root. Silently, steadily over the warm summer months root vegetables grow. Unseen. Until end-of-summer and the tease of autumn gently intersect.   

Root vegetable harvest

For several years, I have been planting three varieties of potatoes: purple skin with purple flesh, red skin with red flesh, and white potatoes. Sliced, then fried alongside pastured hen eggs with deep orange-colored yolks… Holy moly. 

 

 

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2 responses to “root vegetable harvest”

  1. wordplayhouse® Avatar

    The colors of your rainbow harvest are as wonderful to the eyes as to the bellies who shared in your harvest! Beautiful!

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  2. Adrienne Cahoon Avatar

    Yes, and the connectedness to what the Earth provides for us was readily apparent to your kids when they said, “They still have dirt on them!”

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