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MichelleTN
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
TN
USA
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Alaska farm girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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dorothy
skagway
Alaska
USA
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 Posted - Apr 13 2006 : 9:50:09 PM
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| My mom has grown them in the black plastic round bins(the kind with holes in them.She just layers the spuds with grass and hay.Last year I dug down as far as I could go and put the spud in and just kept putting more hay on. As the potato grew up through the hay,I kept layering away.Boy did I have alot of spuds and it was sooo easy to pull off the hay and get those puppies.Lots easier than digging through dirt! |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Apr 14 2006 : 04:54:44 AM
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| Around here, old timers save tires and stack them for the same thing. I've never done it, but I've seen tires stacked up in people's gardens for this purpose. I hear the yields are great. And if you already have the tires.... |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2006 : 06:49:44 AM
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I have seen the black pastic bins that Dorothy is talking about in garden magazines. I have been tempted to try it, looks pretty easy and would be better then digging through the dirt for the spuds.
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2006 : 07:59:53 AM
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Hello,
I have offened wondered if I could use large plastic barrels with hole cut into it similar to a strawberry clay pot. We have these huge blue plastic barrels that I could cut holes in to, plant and then tip over to harvest. Has anyone ever seen or heard of this or am I out of my brain?
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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MichelleTN
True Blue Farmgirl
118 Posts
Michelle
TN
USA
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LisaBee
True Blue Farmgirl
149 Posts
Lisa
Sparta
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2006 : 4:09:11 PM
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Michelle... You try it and when you have all of those wonderful potatoes that are so easy to get to.....run some down to my house, please! :)
"There is no teacup too large, nor book too long."
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JennyWren
True Blue Farmgirl
201 Posts
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2006 : 8:05:48 PM
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I was mad at myself for letting a bag of potatoes "go" today. Now I don't feel bad.. I am going to do this tomorrow! Thank you for sharing a great idea!
Carla...
If you treat an individual as what he is, he will stay that way, but if you
treat him as if he were what he could be, he will become what he could be.
-- Goethe
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