Potato shortage incoming!
The SOSs being sent to the American public by these farmers is an eery reminder of how easily and quickly our local, state, and federal governments, which are supposed to represent the will of the people, can control our food sources simply by picking winners and loser when it comes to who gets life-sustaining water and whose right to water will be restricted or in the case of the Idaho farmers, cut off.
American Farmer Blowing The Whistle On US Government
JUNE 2024, Idaho Farmer’s Water Is Being Shut Off. “A water shutoff order on literally a half million acres of farmland. --- A lot of these farmers, and this impacts about 6,400 water users.”
“Property like this will become worthless. Without water, the land doesn’t have any value here.”
“The state of Idaho has put a water curtailment order, which is basically a water shutoff order on literally a half million acres of farmland.
--- But a lot of these farmers that are farming this land have already invested thousands of acres, thousands of dollars per acre to grow potatoes. Good morning everyone. My name is Trevor Belknap. I operate a family farm, a fifth generation family farm in the Snake River Valley of eastern Idaho. I just wanted to visit with you for a minute about the impacts of the water curtailment order that’s been issued by Director Weaver from the Outer Department of Water Resources.
We're trying growing in bags this year until we can clear proper space, learned that they don't drain as well as promised... Looking very droopy right now. How did you do that last year, what are you doing this year?
Some people love grow bags. I hate trying to keep the moisture content at a decent level. My grow bags in the past drained too well and the hot summer sun would dry them out quickly, so I suppose it depends on what kind of grow bag you are using. I have a huge garden, so I only use grow bags to experiment with and have a little fun with stuff that I wouldn’t normally grow.
I've never grown in bags. I have tried tater towers, without much luck. We just rototill an area 10x15. Pick the rocks and grass out and plant them in rows one ft by one ft. When they are up, I cover the soil with about six inches of straw. I don't hill them as most would suggest. We are just now getting nettles so we will be sprinkling the plants with diatomaceous earth. In the fall when the plants start to die down we dig them. Place them in a single layer on plywood in the shade to dry the skins before storage. This takes a day or two. We store them in our week room in the basement. Cool and dry. No light. We usually have enough to plant the next year.