Sowing the crops early

While doing some cooking a few weeks ago, I pulled a nasty-looking potato out of the bag. Full of eyes and a little mushy, I was about to toss it into the compost bucket when I instead decided to burrow it down in the old herb planter I have sitting on our window sill. I'd mostly forgotten about it (written off as a dud), when I noticed a little shoot had popped up. I couldn't believe how fast it happened. Granted, I wasn't examining the soil EVERY DAY, but the thing pretty much popped up overnight.



Interestingly, I must have also planted a small quarter plant. Actually, I think it was a nickel at the time.




I also bought a peanut-growing kit as a Christmas present for a friend of mine. He recently sent back pictures of his luscious peanut tree, which excited me enough that I went out and treated myself to my own peanut kit. It comes in a tiny plastic cup, with some yawn and four peanuts. You get the yawn soaked with warm water and then rest the peanuts on the top. After a few days in the sun, voila!