Saturday, October 26, 2013

What A Crop of Seattle Spuds!

One Pot, One Planter Spud,
and Time Made This!
Today I harvested the potato crop from one container, and the result is as shown in the photo: from one small wrinkly spud I got half a hatful of potatoes, plus a lovely bit of glass art that looks like a green shell. Is it the soil or is it the air?

Reasons to plant spuds:
  • Foliage looks nice in the summer (I shuffle the pots around to fill in empty spots along my driveway)
  • Not much care needed (I am truly a lazy gardener)
  • Cheap to plant (especially if you forget things in the back of the pantry)
  • Easy to harvest 
  • Fun to eat!
QUESTION:  Should I plant that glass shell next spring to see what it raises?

2 comments:

Rob @ Eco Passport said...

I still haven't planted potatoes. Next year I plan on experimenting with a few designs to get the maximum potatoes from minimal space. There are a few tricks I've read where you build up your earth vertically as the plant grows. Fingers crossed!

Unknown said...

those look delish. maybe the green glass potato can stay in a windowsill -- that might be hard on your teeth! ;)