I don't use a tiller anymore, since the tank rotted out of it, an actual blessing in disguise. We use cardboard, shovel, and grass clippings.
To grow more potatoes only a sliver of the original with an eye is needed.. I've seen many social media posts of people using whole potatoes. Wasteful. Slivers are all that's needed, the eyes will quickly root and take off from there.
I wish I still had a photo, but years ago my husband built a side by side double bin from pallets with the ability for the front to slide up. One side was for composting and the other side for potatoes. We alternated sides each year. There was an overhead beam from which we hung 3 litre bottles for upside down tomatoes.
Yeah I had slivered them and everything but I guess the soil wasn't great or whatever...didn't get many that were any bigger than the seed potatoes I started them with. Kids loved it but it wasn't subsistence by any means lol
I don't use a tiller anymore, since the tank rotted out of it, an actual blessing in disguise. We use cardboard, shovel, and grass clippings.
To grow more potatoes only a sliver of the original with an eye is needed.. I've seen many social media posts of people using whole potatoes. Wasteful. Slivers are all that's needed, the eyes will quickly root and take off from there.
I wish I still had a photo, but years ago my husband built a side by side double bin from pallets with the ability for the front to slide up. One side was for composting and the other side for potatoes. We alternated sides each year. There was an overhead beam from which we hung 3 litre bottles for upside down tomatoes.
Yeah I had slivered them and everything but I guess the soil wasn't great or whatever...didn't get many that were any bigger than the seed potatoes I started them with. Kids loved it but it wasn't subsistence by any means lol