Potatoes

Originally uploaded by nodigio

Here’s an update photo of my potatoes growing in trash bags. This is the third time I’ve added soil so far. After this, I will be topping them up with straw so the bags aren’t so heavy. That and straw is much cheaper than bags of purchased soil (for those who live in apartments and have no access to good garden soil and compost from their yards.

There are tiny potatoes forming and I expect to have about 40 pounds of potatoes from these 2 bags. These aren’t the only bags of potatoes I’m growing. I have enough bags to feed my family for a year, which means I have 12 giant trash bags of potatoes growing. Each bag should produce about 20 – 30 pounds of potatoes, and I’m estimating the lower amount, pessimist that I am.

The recent high winds blew down my ornamental little fence, and I put it back up after taking these photos. Since I live in a suburban neighborhood, appearances are important to keep from upsetting the neighbors and incurring non-compliance fines.