Thrifty Gardener Four: Planting potatoes in a dustbin

Even if you only have a patio or balcony, you can still have home-grown potatoes. Plus, it doesn’t have to cost much, or even anything if you can get chitted or seed potatoes from friends or freecycle and you use containers and compost material that is free. Video Rating: 4 / 5 To learn more [...]

I want to grow organic potatoes in a container garden?

All of the books I have read, say that you MUST use certified seed potatoes. Is there any reason I shouldn’t seed out some of the organic fingerling potatoes I already have? I can understand not using regular storebought potatoes, but shouldn’t organic be okay? Same question about sweet potatoes. Any tips or advice will [...]

Straw Bale to grow Potatoes

It’s EASY to grow stuff in straw bales. I planted a piece of a potato into a straw bale, right on top of concrete (where I had no soil, no soil container, etc), and sure enough the spuds grew fine. They should be ready to harvest in a few weeks. It will be super EASY [...]

Potatoes Harvested from a Straw Bale

Grown in a straw bale, these spuds (potatoes) were VERY easy to grow. I had a leftover straw bale from my neighbor’s Halloween decorations. I poured some human urine into the bale over the winter and let it compost. In spring, I stuck a piece of a potato in the straw bale, occasionally watered it, [...]

Can I grow potatoes in my garden?

I have a very small garden in a suburb, about 20′ by 60.’ It has good sunlight. Most of it is a lawn with a small border full of plants. Is there any chance at all that I could grow enough potatoes to take so that I don’t need to buy them from a supermarket [...]

Potatoes Left on a Plate: Student video about composting at Keene State College

Student Video about food composting at the Zorn Dining Commons at Keene State College. Made by Mystic Lemur Films (2006), for the Recycling On Campus Keene State (ROCKS) program: www.keene.edu Music: “Age of Consent” by New Order, “All For Nothing” by South.

When organic gardening, what is the most inexpensive way to keep grubb worms from getting at your potatoes?