We harvested our "trash can"
potatoes. Not the biggest yield, but we enjoyed some in the oven with
some shallots, garlic and olive oil. YUM! Everything tastes better
when you grow it yourself.
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| Red and white potatoes. ©SBF 2015 |
You may remember planting these
potatoes back in May, "Glimpse of the Garden: Week 7, Seed Potatoes".
Harvesting from containers is easy. We
spread out a tarp, and then dump out the contents!
Finding the potato treasures is the fun
part. This step is what makes growing potatoes with kids a great
project, they love to dig around in the soil!
The all red variety was a beautiful
magenta color.
This year my potato plants did not
blossom and were sort of spindly. I'm not sure if this had to do with
the weather or some larva we found in one of the trash cans.
Hopefully next year will be better!
At risk of sounding like a broken
record, for this and other great container gardening ideas check out
my favorite small-scale gardening book:
Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces
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