Everything from this post took place on Sat June 4, 2011, I just didn’t get a chance to put I up.
So I initially only had one small garden container for some of my lettuce and some pots. I now have the large herb box (decided I like potatoes and carrots better so it will be renamed the root box), another large box from work (3’x 4’x 2”) a medium one (2’x 2’ x 1’) and plans to add more.
This morning I planted the largest box with 8 banana fingerling's on the left half and carrots on the right half. I planted 4 short rows of carrots 6 inches apart purple dragon, 2 rows purple haze and Danvers
In the other large box I planted 6 tomato plants, 2 yellow pear and the other 4 I think are beefsteak, I got them from my aunt who got them from a neighbor so who knows what they might end up being. In the small box I planted four black Macintosh potatoes.
All of the boxes were filled last night with a mix of composted manure and some ok grade topsoil. It’s about a 70/30 mix so it is a very rich soil. I am hoping that by having a rich soil everything will still grow the same even with my tight spacing. For the potatoes to save from filling the boxes all the way to the top with dirt, I am going to try the straw method for growing them. Usually this involves placing the potato on bare worked up earth and covering them with straw, instead of dirt. I did plant my potatoes about an inch down but no hilling will take place all straw after that. I want to try it but also make sure I get potatoes so doing a little of both. There is good chance I will try just dropping them on the ground and covering straw on the edge of my garden later this week.
In harvest news took off my first cuttings of spinach, lettuce mescalin mix and kale.
Pictures will be added, I managed to plant everything before the rain started, but barely.
Straw Potato Resources
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