Beef Roast with Vegetables

1 small beef roast (you want to buy a roast that 
will fit nicely into the slow cooker, with room to spare, for the vegetables)

4 or 5 potatoes, cut up into chunks, may be peeled or just washed 

carrots, sliced - about 1 cup

celery, sliced - about 1 cup

onion, sliced - 1 large

Place all of the vegetables, except the potatoes, into the bottom 
of the slow cooker.

Add some of the potatoes, then the roast, then the last of the potatoes, putting them around the meat and
under it.

Add a bay leaf, if you like, black pepper, and 4 to 5 cups of water, depending on the size of your slow cooker.

Turn on the slow cooker, to the 'Low' setting, and allow contents to cook for 10 to 12 hours.