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| Potato Box |
This
week one of the Weekly Garden Goals is to harvest potatoes. I plant several potato plants this
year, knowing I’m going to harvest some early. This way I get potatoes on and
the other ones get more room in the garden box.
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| Using the Pitch fork |
Planting
potatoes is not very hard. I believe it is worth the effort. I planted potatoes
two ways this year to try to get as many as I can and see with way is the best.
You can read how I Planting My Garden Box 1,
which is more traditional. I also try to plant them in bags which you can read
about in Gardening - Planting Potatoes in Pot Bags.
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| Ground Turned up |
Now is
the time, I start to pull up my little potatoes. I harvest just a few, so I can
make room for my other to grow bigger. After reading and researching, I found
out you can start to dig up potatoes as early as the flower die off the plant.
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| My Potato |
I take
a pitch fork and put it into the ground on a slanted angle and pull put. The
fork will remove the plant. Then I start to dig around the root to find the
potatoes. Make sure if you plant the purple ones, you squish the dirt, because
they hide.
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| Pot of potatoes and gardening tools |
Now
this is all I will do in the box for now because I have other plants growing
and I don’t want to disturbed them. In the fall, I will ask Hubby to help and
we will try to dig in the box as much as possible to find the hidden ones.
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| Cleaned off potatoes |
After that I brush them off and follow what I did last year (How I harvest My First Potatoes) and start to cure them!
Here Are My Two
Favorite potatoes recipes
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