The Urban Farmer's Almanac

The potatoes in the drawer have been getting a little out of hand, but since we grew them ourselves last year, it seemed like a shame to throw them out. So they are back in the ground as of this afternoon, long, scary tendrils and all. I used the same containers I made last year (a garbage can cut in half) and the old glass recycling bin that used to hold herbs. I did one container of purple potatoes from our drawer, one of Yukon Golds from our drawer, and one bag of seed potatoes from Lowe’s. We’ll see how each type does.

The technique I’m using for growing them is something I read awhile back – you plant them in a shallow bit of soil, and as the plants grow, you keep adding dirt to bury them more and more. It seemed to work OK last year, though toward the end it got a little hard to add dirt with all the leaves growing on the plants.

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