KP in the Army camp and the day involves peeling potatoes - even for a family dinner. Sunday gold potato choice, perhaps Yukon Gold potatoes. Unfortunately, as I peeled, I will make cuts in the majority of each potato. The reason is that green skin.

Compost I would appreciate it, but the economy, it is a big waste must be cut too far. When I grow potatoes, I learned that the range allows them out of the ground to light. They remain closed to prevent the green skin that creates a toxic alkaloid.

For the first time, I was able to grow potatoes at home in Florida. I have six potatoes begin to sprout in the Pantry, so I decided I would plant them in a hole, in addition to preserving land. Two days later I discovered that some of the night creatures have been unearthed them. They are scattered throughout the park and even beside the house where I found them in a few weeks after they have grown. If they survive, the potatoes would not have won any prizes, such as the plague did not put them in a hole and covered them.

Now the challenge is to make them grow, both covered and moist. When I gardened in New Jersey, used straw rather than something for the horse or maybe the value of $ 1 per pack to the top layer of potatoes as they grow. Here, I plan to pull ground and mulched leaves gradually in the leaves. Keeping these tubers buried. Potato plant will have a hill nearby.

"Normal" method of planting potatoes is to use healthy seed potatoes and place the cut pieces with your eyes about a foot apart in a pomegranate in a 6-inch. Cultivate the land with one foot 10-0-10.

Watching out for potato beetle larvae. I hand pick them, but it was not for the delicate.

Flowers small potato plants but interesting, and the flowers are a sign that the potato business growth reached its peak. The next step in the potato vine growing is going to lose a position of strength, failure and turn brown, which is the time to carefully use a fork and dig in the bottom of the hill and remove tubers.

When the potatoes grown in the straw, can steal a little boiled potatoes and serve with butter and parsley. Market, they are expensive and called new potatoes.

Potatoes have a lot of good vitamins and taste great when served with herbs such as basil, chives, dill, fennel, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and thyme. Notice in butter and sour cream is not recommended. That's when counting calories increases.

Remember when preparing potatoes for cutting green skin. Grocery stores should be made aware that even the fluorescent lights can cause problems with implantation. Mashed potatoes are delicious.

Events for garden enthusiasts:

• Clearwater Garden Club has a white elephant and plant sale on Saturday, April 22, members will have a 9-2 record baked goods, jellies, sauces, vinegar, etc. for sale. Garden Club will meet Friday, April 28, 10 subjects with members of the Native Plant Society is to add native in the garden. In addition, there will be a man and distribute the program. Drinks were served. Both events took place at 405 Seminole St. Call 441-2719.

• Pinellas Rose Society will meet on Sunday, April 23 4-6 pm, at 1390 Sunray Drive, Palm Harbor. Participants will tour the community garden has 275 presidents rose bushes. There will be a lottery. Beverages will be provided. Eddie James, guitarist and singer is considering. Call 784-1284.

• Ikebana International, Chapter 65, will host the lunch and presentation on Monday, April 24, 10:30, Radisson Hotel, 12600 Roosevelt Blvd., St. Petersburg. Ronell Douglass, president of North American Ohara Teachers Association is the presenter. Cost is $ 45 for non-members. Wipe Johnson to call 397-9140.

• St. Petersburg will celebrate Arbor Day and Earth Day on the 20th Green Thumb Festival at the weekend April 29 and 30, 9-4, in Walter Fuller Park, 7891 26th Ave. N. Environmental features and horticulture is the exhibition, vendors, Garden Club of St. Petersburg Flower Show, a man and sharing program, a diagnostic clinic (bring samples of soil and water), a recycling campaign, free fertilizer, plant auction, over 2000 trees sell for $ 3, free butterfly plants (500 per day), a tool sharpening booth, entertainment, kids programs, other programs and environmental exhibits and food court.

• The Garden Club of St. Petersburg is sponsored Phil actors who will discuss crotons-11 and Jane is explained Aurman Landscape Design Artistry on Saturday and Sunday at the Community Center at Green Thumb Festival at Walter Fuller Park.