Potato Pickin'

On Saturday, August 24th, we headed down to the Maryland Ag Center to participate in some good old fashion potato pickin'! They do this every year and every year we have had some reason why we couldn't go...but not this year!!

 They used a horse-drawn plow to dig up the potatoes...

And then they divided into age groups to do the picking...

 

There was also a contest to see who could find the biggest and the smallest potato. This little guy caught on very quickly and enjoyed digging in the dirt to look for his potatoes.

 

Woohoo...look at this one!!

Each child could pick as many potatoes as their heart desired but were only allowed to keep six of them for free.

 

 

Here they are showing off the fruits of their potato picking (Abby and Landon both came soooo close to winning for smallest potato. You can barely even see the small potatoes they're holding in this photo.)

Afterwards, we went into the pavilion to watch them make some homemade potato chips. The best part was sampling the finished product. Oh so greasy, but oh so yummy too!!

 

We have been enjoying some yummy baked potatoes the last few weeks and it has been fun for the kids to eat the same potatoes they gleaned from the fields!