Sunday, March 4, 2012

Potatoes are making a break for it! : Supplemental

Here it is. The good stuff. You knew I would get to it eventually. Became a rather long video. Hopefully you will not find yourself dozing off halfway through. ;) Act one... the spuds make a mad dash to the garden in their long journey back to my plate!



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  1. I love your videos. The time and care you take with everything is awesome! I am gonna try something different with my potatoes this year. Gonna plant them in 5 gallon buckets. I want to layer them as they grow. We will see!

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    1. Sounds great. I'm debating growing corn in 5 gallons. I've reallocated their beds to growing dry beans. We consume far more beans than corn. I think they would do well based on the height of the buckets. Correct me if I am wrong here, potatoes bear the additional tubers above the seed, not below. Place the seed within a few inches of the bottom to give it maximum area to fill the buckets up. What kind of super light medium are you going to put in the buckets to let them go crazy Clint?

      Oh, and don't forget the rock dust and miccorhizae! ;)

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  2. Awesome and very inspirational. I just wish we had gotten our act together on the farm quicker. Sigh. But like Clint said, i'm going to do some in city backyard gardening, working on some container garden ideas. I like the idea of potatoes in a 5 gallon bucket. I could do that!

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    1. You no doubt could. I believe in the power of the 1st man. :) - Cloud

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  3. I was tired before I watched this, now I'm exhausted! ;-)

    I'm looking forward (not really) to using that same planting method for my potatoes mid-March. It's by far the best way as far as I'm concerned, as the tuber growth is mainly in the 9" of soil directly above the seed potato. I'll probably add a few inches of orchard grass mulch as they grow, mainly because I have an entire bale of the stuff since the rabbit died, and our sandy soil loses moisture quickly.

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    1. I've watched it a few times myself. You can imagine how exhausted I might be. ;) Your words are appreciated. Aren't all encouraging words? How much of your garden are you devoting to them? Do you have any single plant or family of plant that you have made the cornerstone of your garden throughout the years?

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    2. I'm only planting a 4'x8' raised bed this year. The new garden area is still very much in the planning stage, and it was only today that I discovered I was keeping my east garden plot rather than returning it to lawn. Actually, we like the basics....potatoes, sweet peppers, green beans, onions, lettuce and carrots. Lots and lots of carrots. I also plant a few cabbages, beets, broccoli and sometimes parsnips for me, as nobody else will eat them. Peas are not a favorite, too labor intensive for what you get from them, but I always give in because I like to eat them raw, right out there in the garden. Except sugar snap peas, which are definitely worth growing. If I could only grow one thing, it would probably be tomatoes. Thank heavens, I'm not limited that way!

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