Sunday, September 13, 2009

On Potatoes and Radishes

On Potatoes and Radishes
If you plant your potatoes deep and then pile up the soil around them as they grow they will give a better yield.
Potatoes Growth
Not a great picture, but can you see how dead the top is?  When the tops begin to flower is when you're really meant to harvest.  Fact is, I buried my potatoes deep and then began to add mulch and soil around them as they grew.  Unfortunately, I really set them deep and with all the rain, they drowned.  Now I see the real advantages of barrels, or bins.

I can never wait quite long enough for my radishes to grow. It's not like they take that long, either!  So I pulled up a perfectly healthy white icicle radish this morning with nothing to show for it.  Look on the page called Rebecca's Garden, though, for more info on what I was able to harvest this morning!  Peace Out.

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