Sunsets and Irish potatoes

Summer is here, the pontoon is on the lake, and gardens are finally beginning to flourish! Even though I lived on a potato-growing farm for many years, I've never known how to grow potatoes in a family garden. For the first time this year, I have a garden big enough to grow potatoes! And after diligently reading the directions that came with the bag of Red Norland seed, we now have 75 plants growing in our backyard. It's such fun and made more special because 30+ years ago, I remember that we helped Dr. Robert Johanneson, noted Plant Pathology researcher at NDSU who developed the Red Norland potato. As we rented his family land, we tested them on his family potato fields near Edinburg, ND. So glad to see that they have continued as a favorite plant for growers!

And as a tribute to generations of potato growers, I’m back to painting Irish landscapes this week! Galway Bay, 9” x 13” watercolor, captures the reflections of beautiful sunset on a placid sea along the Wild Atlantic Way of Ireland.