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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

An accidental Harvest

 I really didn’t mean to grow potatoes. I had read that if you stuck a rose cutting into a potato and buried it, a rooted rose plant would result. It didn’t so I pulled out the dry stick and threw it away. I forgot about it. ((don’t mock me)
Weeks later some beautiful plants sprouted in a flower pot in a corner of my garden. When little white flowers appeared I recognized ….potato plants! My granddaughter pulled out the first one, peeled it and, with some ordinary grocery potatoes it was a tiny part of dinner.

If life gives you roses, smell them. If your harvest is potatoes….fry them!

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3 responses to “An accidental Harvest”

  1. Shaheen Reviews Avatar
    Shaheen Reviews

    This is amazing!! I tried to grow potatoes 2-3 times but it never sprouted 🤔🤔🤔
    Did the same with sweet potatoes and we had some beautiful sweet potatoes, not many though!! Just 3 big ones🤩🤩🤩

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  2. isobel cunningham Avatar
    isobel cunningham

    I was certainly amazed! They need a lot of water and although it has been very hot I was very careful to water them as I was expecting some exotic flower. We had some terrific downpours too. I want to try sweet potato vine next year – more for the decorative effect. You have a very nice blog

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    koolitzable

    Your blog is relatable.

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