Being Thankful on November 10
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:35PM 
Peasants Lifting Potatoes
Vincent Van GoghI’m thankful for my garden potatoes. Potatoes take very little work to grow, and the taste payoff is big. I had one of my garden potatoes baked for supper and I really enjoyed it. A bonus benefit from garden potatoes is that their skins are so tender that they don’t need to be peeled—ever. I don’t even peel them to make mashed potatoes and no one’s complained yet. In fact, they say they like their mashed potatoes better that way. So I thank God for providing potatoes for us, and the sun, rain, and soil to grow them.
- Dawn is thankful for snow.
- Willow is thankful for tea, chocolate and roses.
- Five things from Tulipgirl.
- Dorothy is thankful for her husband’s job.
- Liz is thankful for snow..and more.
- Suzanne is thankful for “all of the Psalms and all of God’s Word, but the 23rd Psalm holds a special place in my heart.”
- Kim of Hiraeth is thankful for “my blogging friends, for my Google Reader, and for the positive impact that blogging has had on my life.”
- Kim of the Upward Call is thankful for people with servant’s hearts.
What are you thankful for?
Updates
- Ann is thankful for God’s protection.
I’m celebrating good gifts from God during the month of November and hoping you’ll be thankful for your good gifts, too. Here’s how you can join in the thanksgiving and even, perhaps, get something material from it. If you’ve posted something you’ve posted something you’ve expected me to include and you don’t see it on the list, please let me know. I do miss things sometimes.
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Here's mine for today!
http://theupwardcall.blogspot.com/2008/11/thankful-in-november.html
I've started leaving the skins on potatoes in more and more dishes. I haven't tried making mashed potatoes with skins (though I've had garlic mashed potatoes in a restaurant with the skins on and it was good).
Do potatoes take much sun? I've got such a shady yard that I can't do as much vegetable gardening at this house. I do have an area on the side of the garage that I could plant in potatoes if they don't need a whole lot of sun.
Do potatoes take much sun? I've got such a shady yard that I can't do as much vegetable gardening at this house. I do have an area on the side of the garage that I could plant in potatoes if they don't need a whole lot of sun.
No, they don't have to have a lot of sun. They do best with weather that's not too hot, so you'd want to grow them in the spring.
We LOVE our potatoes at Willow's Cottage but I've never tried growing any. Maybe a spring tutorial would be good for us.
I've posted my 11/11 thankful post.