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Saturday, September 23, 2017

Barns in the Fields

In summer the fields on the farms are bursting with crops
 Corn
 Hay in the front - potatoes in the background
 Potatoes in the foreground - and a tractor plowing up old strawberry fields
 Clover - and then more corn in the background
 And hay in front of blooming potato fields.  This area grows tons of potatoes - the most delicious potatoes we've ever eaten
 When the potato fields are in blossom it is an amazing sight.  The purple blossoms mean red potatoes - white blossoms are white potatoes.

 They grow tall and lush, making mounds of potatoes below ground




11 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello, great barn series. I love the views of the field. The potato blossoms are pretty. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and new week ahead!

Tom said...

...JoAnn, you sure live in a gorgeous agricultural area. The barns are lovely, but the fields are a great addition. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you can do it again.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

I don't know if I've ever seen a potato field of flowers! How beautiful. I love seeing the crops at harvest time. Hope your weather is nice this weekend. Sweet hugs, Diane

Lea said...

Pretty scenes, and very interesting information about potatoes!

Mary said...

It's been years since I've seen a potato field in bloom - just beautiful JoAnn.
Your barns are lovely - and that header has a huge wow factor - definitely America the Beautiful!
Hope you and family are well.
Hugs - Mary

Michelle said...

Beautiful plants and that soil looks excellent!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Thanks for this beautiful and informative post!! How could I not have known that about the color of the potato blossoms -- born and raised on the Idaho border as we were (not the main potato growing part though, in my defense). Beautiful farm landscapes -- every picture is so lovely.

The Furry Gnome said...

Didn't know you were in a potato growing area.

Kay said...

I think those potato plants are new for me. I can't recall ever seeing a crop like this before. And it's especially interesting because I'm considering growing potatoes.

A Colorful World said...

I didn't know that about potato blossoms! What lovely barns and such awesome fields of goodies to harvest!

Candy S said...

All of those flowers and potatoes too!!! What an amazing sight to see! Now I have a taste for boiled cottage ham with boiled red skin potatoes and cabbage. Thank you for sharing!

Hugs,
Candy