At the end of February, Kirk and I drove across the United States in our RV. When we got there, it was to our new home in West Virginia. We were there a couple of days, and then we flew back to Washington State to get ready for the big move back East.
During those few days, I got to Home Depot and bought a few things for the coming spring. I picked up two bags of potatoes 🥔 to plant. I left them in the garage, in the dark, hoping they’d be ok.
It’d be the end of March when the boys, cat, and I flew out. During that time, Kirk, the dogs, and our oldest son drove across the country, with the truck and tractor. I had a few days between us arriving and them showing up, so I puttered in the setting up of a container garden on our patio out back..
The first things I planted were potatoes. One bag of Yukon, one Blue.
Planting alleviates anxiety in me. I was worried about Kirk, about our moving and everything else. Working soil, that gave me peace. I had control over something.
After harvesting, I planted those grow bags with yellow potatoes yesterday. They will grow this summer and be harvested in the early fall. Continue on, always planting. It’s all new to me here this year, and I continue to learn how produce grows here in the Eastern Panhandle.
-Sarah