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Default I did it. I grew a potato

On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:51:42 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-07-25 12:42 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > On 7/25/2016 12:21 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2016-07-25 11:20 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>> http://tinypic.com/r/2qxbwgy/9
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I'm sure there are more down there but this one was peeking
> >>> out. I'll wait a bit until they're larger, not much larger,
> >>> I hope. Then I'll dig around.

> >
> >> Do yourself a favour and dig them up while they are small.... new
> >> potatoes. They are much tastier than big potatoes.

> >
> > That is my goal. I want small potatoes, not even midsize.
> >
> > This one was delicious ... and fun to watch in the microwave,
> > jumping beans got nothing on a tiny potato. Even when cut
> > in half it still hopped around in there.
> >
> >

>
> Nothing like a dinner than appears to be alive.
> Last night we were sitting down to eat on the patio when the dog sniffed
> something out. We assumed that it was a chipmunk that he was looking
> for, but then my wife spotted the snake. She freaked at first because
> she thought it was a rattlesnake... not by the colouring but because it
> had a huge flattish looking head. She could nto really see it well
> because it was in among the flowers in the garden. When it came out onto
> the patio I saw that it was just a fair sized garter snake with a toad
> half way down it's mouth. The dog grabbed the snake and shook it,
> freeing the toad. The little guy there stunned for a moment and then
> hopped away.


Awww, screwed the snake out of it's meal! *******!!

John Kuthe...