Yesterday was a warm dry day so I decided to go for it and plant my potatoes, as the clods of recently forked soil broke down surprisingly well when raking them over.
Rather than dig trenches I made planting holes with the long handle dipper and then recovered with soil.
This seemed a quick and easy method especially as I used walk boards ,rather than a planting line, to align the rows.
I usually earth up rows from the start but this year I'll wait until the shoots emerge.
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| Blue Kestrel.These and some of the other varieties are planted in "wide rows" due to an over estimate in my potato seed buying. |
2 comments:
Good idea with the dibber. I will probably have to use the same method this year as my metal potato planter gave up the ghost last year.
We don;t dig trenches either. Just dig a hole with the trowel as deep as I can and pop it in with a dash of chicken manure pellets. Quick and no back breaking. Works just as well as the trench method,
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