Potato Plants

Great Idea:

While I'm no urban homesteader, I'm making slow progress each summer to growing more of the food my family eats.  This year I tried planting potatoes for the first time. The process really seemed to easy.  You merely dig a hole, drop the potato in, and fill it up.  Within a week, I already had potato plants sprouting.  Other than watering them regularly, there was virtually no maintenance needed.  About a week ago the plant began to wilt.  It was then that I decided to dig up the ground and see what (if anything) grew.  I was amazed to fine that after only planting 6 potatoes, I now had 40 fresh, new potatoes!  Over the next few days I was busy peeling my potatoes and cooking up some delicious mashed potatoes using some chives that I was growing as well.  Unfortunately, my garlic plant didn't fare so well, so we had to run to the store for that addition.