Monday, June 9, 2014

Harvesting Spuds Tub 1

Today we harvested our first tub of spuds.
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When the leaves turn yellow and start to droop it’s time to harvest.  Ours looked so shrivelled that I worried we didn’t water them enough and wasn’t sure if we would get any potatoes.
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The children began pulling the plants.  After a few good pulls they came out but there were no potatoes attached.  Oh no, are there any potatoes at all?
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           We began to dig and found a couple of little spuds.
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          Then we began to dig deeper.  All hands in to help.
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Yay we started to find potatoes.  They were deep, close to the bottom of the tub.
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               We were excited to get some big ones too.
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                          Our yield from the first tub.

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   Back in the classroom we washed and counted the potatoes. 
                       58 big, medium and tiny spuds.
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   Today I decided we would fry them and make potato chips. 
         We’ll harvest another tub on our next day at school.