Potato Update - Part 2

Remember that post I did WAAAAYYY back in spring about planting potatoes?  No?  Me neither.. just kidding.

Well I realized that I forgot to do the update I promised.

Potatoes planted in the container:

   Needed more water

   No weeds

   Larger potatoes

   Easier to harvest

Potatoes planted in hills:

   Less water

   Overtaken by weeds

   Lots of tiny potatoes

   Tiny potatoes

   Harder to harvest

Potatoes on the right were planted in hills, the ones on the left were in the container.  Mater is covered in taters (sorry, couldn't help myself).

Container potatoes

Hilled potatoes

Next year I will plant most of my potatoes in containers.  I learned that I could have probably planted double the potatoes in the container than I did.  A raised bed with rich, loose soil would work nicely too.  Or even better, I could just wait for my hubby to pick up potatoes from the side of the road for me.. for free, with less work.

He happened to be driving along a back country road and saw a trail of potatoes that had bounced out of a potato truck.

Being the ever cheap resourceful hubby that he is, he filled a bag for me.

Yay for potatoes!