Getting Down in the Trenches for More Spuds

by | Apr 23, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening

I tried something new (for me) this year in planting my potatoes.  Geoff mentioned this method to me years ago and I never got around to trying it.  I kind of forgot that it was he who told me, but he was quick to remind me when I showed him what I did.   The logic is simple.  Plant your potatoes at the bottom of a trench, then hill up the dirt from the ridges of the troughs around the plants as they grow. Potatoes only grow up, that is, their tubers won’t...

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