Digging up potatoes
There’s still about 1,000′ of potatoes to dig, a few Yukon Gold, lots of Kennebec, and maybe a bed of Chieftain. This time around, it’s a bit of an unconventional approach. Some beds were kinda…weedy, so a week back, I mowed them all down. Now, the trick is to find the rows. Once a couple of plants are located, I run twine between stakes at either end to mark the row for easier digging. Michele and Toshiko were today’s crew, with young Violet checking things out. Simple fieldwork for a pleasantly cool fall day…
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Somewhat related posts: • Scrabbling for potatoes • Potatoes from next door • Potatoes and people • Violet returns: visiting with worms • Putting food by
We just dug up our potatoes too. It is wonderful eating something homegrown.
We just loved your greenhouse so we built one of our own. I would love for you to stop by and take a look. We would also love any suggestions on how to make it better or how to make better use of it.
Renee
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This year, for the first time, we grew Chieftains…we were really impressed with them! We found them very moist, just delicious….
I think it’s great that you’ve got young kiddies coming out to the Garden…they won’t forget those wonderful times :) Maybe they are future gardeners….
Annie