… You should be feeling movement soon, and in 60-80 days, welcome a harvest of new potatoes.
I planted the seed potatoes elbow deep into the straw bales – I create a tunnel of sorts, added some soil, then the potato at the bottom of the bale. Potatoes develop tubers between the location of the seed potato and the surface of the soil. The theory is, that the bale is fluffy enough to allow the potato to make lots of tubers without the need for repeatedly hilling up soil.
I have never planted anything elbow-deep inside of a straw bale. I imagine, giving a pelvic exam to a cow could be a bit like that – probably less scratchy. Weird. Long sleeves are warranted.
Now, two bales are planted with seed potatoes, and I added beet seeds and radish seedlings to the surface. This is done. But more potatoes must be planted!!!
If all goes well, we should have some radishes to eat beginning of April, beets and potatoes about a month later. So exciting!!!
