http://greencouple.com/2008/05/15/container-gardening-potatoes-and-more/ Learning to live green and live together Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://greencouple.com/2008/05/15/container-gardening-potatoes-and-more/#comment-1858 Summer Gardening Thoughts | GreenCouple.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:29:12 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=196#comment-1858 [...] but this year I haven’t done much at all.  Well, I did plant one crop.  Remember those potatoes I was going to grow in a trash can?  Well, I kept procrastinating until the little seed potatoes had sprouted all over the place so I [...] [...] but this year I haven’t done much at all.  Well, I did plant one crop.  Remember those potatoes I was going to grow in a trash can?  Well, I kept procrastinating until the little seed potatoes had sprouted all over the place so I [...]

]]> http://greencouple.com/2008/05/15/container-gardening-potatoes-and-more/#comment-543 Maggie Tue, 20 May 2008 01:15:24 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=196#comment-543 Hmmmm. A burlap sack is a good idea, except that I don't know where to get one. That seems to be one of those things that used to be super common (and free) but now you have to search for them and pay big money. But I might have some old fertilizer sacks I could use. Good suggestion! Hmmmm. A burlap sack is a good idea, except that I don’t know where to get one. That seems to be one of those things that used to be super common (and free) but now you have to search for them and pay big money. But I might have some old fertilizer sacks I could use. Good suggestion!

]]> http://greencouple.com/2008/05/15/container-gardening-potatoes-and-more/#comment-538 jeff-naturehills Sat, 17 May 2008 16:03:35 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=196#comment-538 I think the trash can idea is great. I have never thought of using a trash can. I think the trash can idea is great. I have never thought of using a trash can.

]]> http://greencouple.com/2008/05/15/container-gardening-potatoes-and-more/#comment-519 Jessica Fri, 16 May 2008 18:14:06 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=196#comment-519 I used to keep a pretty respectable container garden on the patio of the condo I lived in before I joined the Army, but the downstairs neighbors complained that dirt fell through the deck and water leaked down. God forbid they got water on their porch! I never really even thought about potatos in a container though. Hopefully I will have a yard soon so it wont be an issue, but those are interesting ideas. I'll bet the garbage bag one would work in a burlap sack, but it would be a one time use item on the burlap sack. At the end of the year, you'd want to compost it or something. I used to keep a pretty respectable container garden on the patio of the condo I lived in before I joined the Army, but the downstairs neighbors complained that dirt fell through the deck and water leaked down. God forbid they got water on their porch!
I never really even thought about potatos in a container though. Hopefully I will have a yard soon so it wont be an issue, but those are interesting ideas. I’ll bet the garbage bag one would work in a burlap sack, but it would be a one time use item on the burlap sack. At the end of the year, you’d want to compost it or something.

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