Good for you! I used to use black plastic and it works well. I am going to try more container gardens using buckets and plastic bins. There are videos of potatoes/sweet potatoes yielding more in buckets than in the ground. Also rabbits/muskrats shouldn't be as much of a problem with the containers. I like the perennial crops like Asparagus, Rhubarb, Thornless Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries that I can count on each year. I have a Montmorency pie Cherry tree that is 9 years old, and last year I got over 30 pints to freeze and I got tired of picking. The State Extension office websites have lots of great information on the various container gardening projects including the straw bales. Growing wheat is a lot of work. Could you buy the wheat from one of your Amish neighbors?
Thanks. I too was going to try bag potatoes. But I buried some potato peelings from regular store bought potatoes in a garden bed back in February and guess what??? I now have potatoes sprouting through the ground. Got more peelings ready to put in. Ask me in the Fall and I'll tell you how they turned out and what the yield was. God bless.
Good for you! I used to use black plastic and it works well. I am going to try more container gardens using buckets and plastic bins. There are videos of potatoes/sweet potatoes yielding more in buckets than in the ground. Also rabbits/muskrats shouldn't be as much of a problem with the containers. I like the perennial crops like Asparagus, Rhubarb, Thornless Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries that I can count on each year. I have a Montmorency pie Cherry tree that is 9 years old, and last year I got over 30 pints to freeze and I got tired of picking. The State Extension office websites have lots of great information on the various container gardening projects including the straw bales. Growing wheat is a lot of work. Could you buy the wheat from one of your Amish neighbors?
Thanks. I too was going to try bag potatoes. But I buried some potato peelings from regular store bought potatoes in a garden bed back in February and guess what??? I now have potatoes sprouting through the ground. Got more peelings ready to put in. Ask me in the Fall and I'll tell you how they turned out and what the yield was. God bless.
That's wonderful! You must be in a warmer area.
Kentucky close to Tennessee state line.
Ahhh. You should get a nice crop with that early start. They say you can start onions and carrots from the scraps also. I haven't tried that.