Dug another 30′ row of potatoes today. Will I get the last two rows dug before the ground freezes? My will to get it done is low, and it hardly seems worth it, considering the low overall yield and the fact that almost half of them are damaged by the little hole-digging worms. M has been working both Saturday and Sunday for a couple of months now, and it seems extra-hard to get anything done when she does that. She’s supposed be done with it now or soon.
Most of those worm-damaged potatoes have large parts of them that can be used immediately, but they’d never keep. I still haven’t come to the row where we planted the purchased seed potatoes, still digging up just the red ones.
The weather looks like it’s going to hold for another week at least, and it seems like it’s quite a bit warmer than last year. But it’s November now and pretty much anything can happen. It’s been quite wet since the last week of September.
Dug 20 gallons of coffee grounds into garden today, plus some leaves from the yard. Should have a lot of organic matter in the soil to set the stage for next year.
Ending and Beginning 
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