Bricks and Potatoes

Reader Contribution by Bethann Weick
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The dirt in our garden is amazing: black, moist, deep. The old 1800s-era Jessaman homesite is nearby – in fact, our garden borders the old cellar hole and wraps around the now-filled-in well hole.  We imagine that where we now grow our sustenance, the Jessaman’s, too, raised their crops, or perhaps their animals.  It’s the best explanation we have for this extraordinary pocket of fertile soil.

This spring, I’ve expanded the garden by a few additional beds with the goal of growing more potatoes. The chosen area served as the “landing zone” for our cabin construction last year, and has spent recent seasons covered with brambles, wild strawberry, and virgin’s bower.  Despite this, the weeding was fairly easy, a testament to the dirt beneath.

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