A few months ago, when I was planning my study and what I wanted to plant in my vegetable garden, my Dad gave me a great idea for planting potatoes: Take a tire and fill it with good quality, loose soil then add some potato eyes. When the plants get a few inches above the soil, add another tire and soil. Repeat as needed. He said I should be able to get quite a few potatoes when I knocked the stack of tires over in the fall. I was excited to try it.
Last week he asked me if I started the potatoes yet. I hadn’t. But Dave had gotten me my first tire and it was sitting out in the driveway. Then Dave asked me today if I was going to do anything with the tire. So, I dragged my sorry butt to the hardware store for some galvanized ¼” wire (to keep the mice out but let worms in) and began the project.
The only wire I could get was a five foot roll. This turned out to be optimal. I had enough for under the tire and to put over top of the wheelbarrow to screen soil. After placing the tire in the garden, I trucked out to the woods where we’d been dumping leaves and branches for ten years or so. At the bottom of the pile was nice, dark soil. Lots of branches, but that’s where the wheelbarrow screening station came it. I saw lots of millipedes and centipedes – great stuff to relocate to the garden. Also a couple of small worms.
Once my tire was full of soil, I added a little bit of potting soil – just to keep the mix nice and fluffy, added the potatoes, and watered. Now I’ll see if it works :)
Side note: No bee attacks !!!!
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