garden plan

[helwen]

...is changing again. I've been reading about potatoes this morning, and went to http://www.woodprairie.com. They are a place in Maine that sells different sorts of potato seeds and potato growing supplies. Although like any crop potatoes should be rotated to different areas every few years, they recommend growing potatoes in soil that has not been grass the previous year. Apparently grassy areas are more prone to having certain kinds of worms that like potatoes. It won't ruin the potato to have a few tiny worm holes in it, but isn't terribly attractive. And I imagine that those potatoes would not keep as well as ones with an intact skin. So, now the potatoes will be going in the bed next to the side of the house, because that's the only bed that is grass-free this year (that I'm freeing up for veggies).

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[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

When I worked at a garden which had potatos, they had these burlap liners they put down on the ground, and then raised beds around them. That made it "easy" ( HAH! ) to pull potatos.
Also, they had guinea fowl to eat the bloody grubs.

There are organic ways of dealing with the grubs if you have them. The garden guy on NPR speaks about them but the name hasnt stuck in my head.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Hmm, not planning on getting guinea fowl (not this year, anyway!), but I'll check out NPR. Thanks.

[loosecanon.livejournal.com]

http://www.whyy.org/91FM/ybyg/

You Bet your Garden, Mike McGrath. Organic sensible gardening, as preached by a New Jersey geek =)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You guessed correctly, I hadn't had time to go looking looking for it :)