A few
years ago my friend Julie told me a trick for planting potatoes. It was
something her dad had told her. You get a
large Rubbermaid container and fill it with potting soil and seed potatoes. Layers and layers of potting soil and seed
potatoes. And then just water and wait
and in a while you will have a great and wonderful little garden plot in a
Rubbermaid container. Genius. This is instead of taking up space in your
regular garden. I finally decided to give it a go. I have been watching and waiting.
Yesterday
Julie phoned me about getting addresses for her son’s wedding. I asked her
about her dad. I was excited to tell him about my Rubbermaid potato garden – I
thought we could exchange tips and I might even sound like a real gardener for
a change. Julie told me that the last time she talked to her dad it was in the kitchen of their charming homestead, sitting down at the table. Julie’s daughter Jessica was with her. They
spoke to Julie’s dad and neither one of them could
understand a single thing that he was trying to tell them.
Now I look at that stupid Rubbermaid in the middle of my garden with the green leaves coming out of the top and I just want to cry.
Now I look at that stupid Rubbermaid in the middle of my garden with the green leaves coming out of the top and I just want to cry.
My neighbour Cathy Hinz has been growing potatoes like this for the last two years. The first year they were all leaves and no potatoes. She read further about potato condos as they are called and she learned that you have to keep adding dirt on top of the green sprouts - hilling the potatoes if you will.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear LD is not understandable any more. He possessed a good deal of wisdom and personal insight.