Sunday, June 15, 2014

The Potato Harvest and a Few Others

I don't get a lot of time during the summer to pay a lot of attention to the plants because we go into summer camp at work and instead of going in at noon I have to be there around 7:30 a.m. but today I got out to see what we had and I found these on the cherry tomato bush which I have moved out of the greenhouse into the sun more by the front porch. These aren't getting a lot more fruit on them, maybe I need to add some fertilizer.



Then I took a trip down to the garden. It is quickly being over run by poison ivy, poison oak and weeds.  I just don't have time to take care of it but there are still things growing despite my neglect. The herbs are doing great. I actually think they are doing better than when I take care of it and weed and water.  This is the oregano that I planted a few years ago. It has just taken over half the bed. 


And here is the sage and thyme which has never grown better. I am going to go back down in a few minutes and harvest some of these as I am out of both.


Then there was this pepper. This is one of the hot banana peppers. There is another one down there too but it needs to grow a bit more.


We then decided to dump the potato pots out and see what we had gotten. This is what they looked like before. They were eaten up and fallen over. 


 This is a big pot, probably 5 gallons at least and this was all we got. I have to say though, I was pretty pleased. The size of some of them was a lot better than any I had grown in my garden and they were much nicer and cleaner.

The second pot did slightly better but it was also slightly larger being a round tub with the rope handles. There were lots of nice roots in this pot so I know it had gotten enough waterings. 


 Here they are all cleaned up. I think I would definitely do them in pots again although maybe they don't need as large a pot as I thought. 












11 comments:

  1. So you are converted to growing potatoes in pots then?

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    1. Well, I wasn't growing them in the garden anyway because it never worked so yes, I am converted to growing in pots now. At least that way I get some :)

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  2. Hi Becky! Your herbs look fantastic! Yes, just leave them alone and they do much better! Your potato harvest turned out nicely! Good experiment! Hopefully you'll be harvesting some of the veggies ya'll planted at work soon! Thanks for sharing! Have a nice day! Blessings from Bama!

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    1. I have harvested several peppers and squash from work already. The peppers are doing great. I just don't have time to get out there and really work on the garden anymore. It is pretty sad looking now :(

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  3. I've always been a Kennebec fan, but my wife would love those red potatoes!

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    1. We ate some tonight and they were quite good. Much nice than any store bought potatoes. :)

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  4. Lovely potatoes. I wish I could grow and eat them. I do miss them terribly.

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    1. I would miss them too if I couldn't eat them. They make up a whole lot of our side dishes.

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  5. Nice work - the potatoes look good. looking forward to our harvest

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  6. I tried using potato bags last year with little success. I duel planted in the ground and the bags. The ground won. perhaps next year I will try buckets. Thanks for sharing!

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