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Gardening

Emile

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8. I have a row 40 feet long, two feet high. Ten foot for sweet potatoes,

Reply to Figarosmom (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2025, 08:28 AM

May 26

and 30 feet of Yukon Gold. I been growing potatoes in this same hill for at least 10 years. I mix goat manure with the soil every year all over the garden. I dig up my potatoes with a bucket on my small John Deere tractor by scooping and flipping the dirt over. When all is done I end up with at least one heaping big wheelbarrow full of potatoes.

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Pototoes - observation [View all] Figarosmom May 26 OP

i'm growing potatoes for the first time rampartd May 26 #1

Yeah i tried a big storage container last year Figarosmom May 26 #2

i guess storage container is what i use rampartd May 26 #3

I got a bunch of heirloom tomatoes Figarosmom May 26 #4

s/e Louisiana. i usually do collards and kale in the winter rampartd May 26 #6

Me too! catchnrelease May 26 #5

Size isn't everything. soldierant May 26 #7

I have a row 40 feet long, two feet high. Ten foot for sweet potatoes, Emile May 26 #8