tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5761855475774649722..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-3886337379238536682009-02-19T00:57:00.000+00:002009-02-19T00:57:00.000+00:00I happened to pick up a book on gardening with chi...I happened to pick up a book on gardening with children while at work today (I work at my son's Montessori school) to look at the pages on growing potatoes in a large pot - I remember that it involves cutting out the bottom of the pot, setting it on a patch of dirt, recommends a particular type of potato, and layering of leaves, fertilizer, and something else. I think the potatoes went near the top of the pot...I think I'll have to take another look at it tomorrow, assuming the book hasn't moved on (the school directress puts out reading materials in the office, but may decide to clear it away with no notice so I really ought to make copies or take notes of items of interest!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-9947365386150399662009-02-18T14:41:00.000+00:002009-02-18T14:41:00.000+00:00I tried growing some of my potatoes under straw la...I tried growing some of my potatoes under straw last year and they got eaten by something - slugs maybe? I'll keep digging while I can. However the cardboard idea might work, since they are still in the ground. I bought issue one of the Knitter at Borders yesterday and was unimpressed. Save your money.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-12452697236864101412009-02-18T13:43:00.000+00:002009-02-18T13:43:00.000+00:00I once read a comment by a woman who used to knit ...I once read a comment by a woman who used to knit for designers; it was pin money but she loved working with the beautiful wool they supplied. She eventually stopped because it wasn't enough even for pin money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-12527457692818300692009-02-18T13:04:00.000+00:002009-02-18T13:04:00.000+00:00I don't dig trenches for potatoes. I plant them ro...I don't dig trenches for potatoes. I plant them rows in flat beds covered in cardboard, using a bulb planter to cut through the cardboard into the soil layer as deeply as possible.(Put the cardboard down a couple of weeks before to get damp, and weigh it with bricks). The potato plant grows up through the hole and the potatoes grow under the cardboard in the dark. No earthing up necessary. If I need to protect the young plants from unexpected frosts I put a thick layer of straw on top of the cardboad, held down with a coarse net.<BR/>I don't think the yield is quite as good as the traditional method but it only needs about 10% of the effort!Spinningfishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709744732495957360noreply@blogger.com