I want to grow potatoes, but I am hesitant. I would love to try the tyre thing, where you keep adding tyres. I've heard that they poison the ground though, so you can't grow anything after wards, but I am not sure if that is a myth or not. But yes, I want to grow potatoes. I want to grow a lot of potatoes! :-)
If there is a problem with poisoning the ground, I dare say it would take a very long time for the effect to occur. Would say a protective layer tarpaulin or some such thing help reduce potential poisoning?
I had a quick chat with Chesh, and we'll be using the no-dig system again, so I guess every time we build it up for the new garden, we're putting in new compost and manure and everything, so perhaps it won't be a problem.
I have sweet potatoes still growing. At least, I apparently have not killed the fuckers from last time I grew them. :-) I love sweet potatoes too. I am hoping when i dig them up again there will be big fat ones this year instead of last year's efforts.
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caulies, broccoli, beetroot(i think) Cellery ( I Think) Onion & spring Onion (Grown almost all year round) Italian parsley for north African food (just let it go to seed and keep growing in a large patch. ( Small Greenhouse for Tomatoes & Basil) Lettuce and rocket What do you like to eat? I so wish i had a backyard
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My folks have awesome soil at their place, when we grew sweet potatoes we often got tubers that you needed both hands to hold them.
*daydreams of giant tubas* (pun intended)
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I love sweet potatoes too. I am hoping when i dig them up again there will be big fat ones this year instead of last year's efforts.
Check it out here:
http://cali0pe.livejournal.com/19169.html#cutid1
Cali0pe is my gardening blog.
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Lettuce and rocket
What do you like to eat?
I so wish i had a backyard
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