Harvest potatoes with me. 🥔 Started them from pantry potatoes earlier this year and neglected them in grow bags.Potatoes are “cool weather” crops and not a fan of heat— so they’re great to start in early spring and fall. I’m experimenting with another round of pantry potatoes this season in the shade and will update you later this season with the results. Hit the follow button if you want to see the results of my summer potato experiment and save this post so you remember to sow your own pantry

Here’s how to harvest and store your potatoes for long-term storage! 🥔 Wait to pick your potatoes until the tops have fully died back. You can harvest them before then, but then they will be smaller “new” potatoes. 🥔 Pick a day when the soil is nice and dry. You don’t want to be digging for potatoes in wet, muddy soil. 🥔 A cloudy day is best, but not absolutely crucial. Today it was sunny for me, so I had a towel nearby to cover my potatoes as I harvested them. Potatoes can turn green quickly

Some may say growing potatoes is one of the simplest things but sometimes….when you can’t see what’s happening underground-it’s both more fun and also a little more complicated. This spring I planted TONS of potatoes in my in ground garden and then added these whiskey barrels just for fun. I have a few more barrels to harvest from next week so I’m hoping for a little more to pull. 🙌🏼 Learn all about growing potatoes and all the other plants in my new step by step gardening book-Leaves Roots an

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