Planting a YEAR'S worth of Potatoes (and some beets!)

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Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading

Жыл бұрын

Learn how to plant and grow potatoes for a year's worth of food. Knowing which variety you're planting will help you know about when to harvest (as well as whether you need to hill up your potatoes).
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@prepperfreiheit5979 Жыл бұрын

Your dog lying in the planting hole made my day :).

@THEACTSOFPROVIDENCE Жыл бұрын

WOW - I remember when you planted part of that orchard behind you!!!!! Our's have been in containers for 3-years and are supposed to be planted "this weekend", again. I'm definitely showing this to my son & grandchildren when they get here tonight. Tomorrow they're supposed to weed-whack, then mow, then it'll by my now 14-year young grandson's 1st time operating a rotto-tiller. Meanwhile, we have a bag of spuds with eyes my granddaughter will be planting. YOU are their inspiration rather they realize it yet or not (lol).🌞

@MarciPrice-cl6eq Жыл бұрын

As a diabetic, I grow about 70# of potatoes each year..reds, Yukon gold, sweet. That's not much of each, but enough for my husband and I.

@tearalewis7532 Жыл бұрын

One good thing for you if your going to have a hot summer is to grow all the peppers you can. You will have a bumper crop, and the hotter the days the hotter the peppers (if they are spicy). I'm hoping we have a bit of a cooler summer hear in eastern NC, it's been a nice spring and I was actually able to grow cool crops this spring for once and reap some harvest. We always have to do ours in fall and early winter.

@katrinalikethehurricane1 Жыл бұрын

Crazy, we've had the opposite trend here in NE North Carolina. Unseasonably cool for May!

@ecocentrichomestead6783 Жыл бұрын

There's GPS locators that one can attach to garden tools. Even embed in wooden parts! I found, the darker the beet, the more "earthy" the flavor.

@marcidevries5515 Жыл бұрын

I am eagerly waiting for my neighbor to rototill for me tomorrow (he has a beautiful, large, tractor one)! My potatoes are ready to go! German Butterballs are my favorite, too.

@amandaforeman2626 Жыл бұрын

GPS for planting tools 😂😂😂😂 that had me dying ! Yes this year our frost date ended earlier but I still waited .

@mycoloradogarden7780 Жыл бұрын

it looks like we swapped weather again. When you guys had that heat dome a couple of years ago we had 70 and rain for 2 weeks when its normally 100 degrees. We're in the middle of 2 weeks of rain again, so far we've gotten about 30% of our yearly rainfall in the last week.

@mister-action1 Жыл бұрын

I ❤️ Yukon gold potatoes!

@judylamay3155 Жыл бұрын

I am in awe of your weather. We had a hard frost this morning at 29 degrees in Upstate NY. Can't wait to plant more of my garden.

@tamararoberts9307 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why but this year i have potatoes growing everywhere in a scattered fashion. In a in-ground and a raised bed too. ??? So weird. I didn't plant them in those spots last year so I'm thinking miracles ❤

@nancyseery2213 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about making a type of rolling cart for garden tool. If i throw all of them in the wheelbarrow, the long handled ones want to fall out. It might be better than GPS. Even if I think i have gathered all I need when I go out to the garden, I will still end up making trips back to the tools shed for tools. If we end up at a new larger property, the tool shed and the water supply will be going in the center of the garden area! God bless ya'll and keep growing.

@shervin6711 Жыл бұрын

Hope all your plants are still doing well. We had those temps too, but tonight forecast is down to 28?! A record breaker if it happens! Now I am trying to cover everything!

@jerriscollins-ruth9019 Жыл бұрын

Looks great Melissa

@Stephaniemariek. Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing..ur living my dream ❤

@betsygodwin8938 Жыл бұрын

How deep did you plant the potatoes?(how many inches of soil is over the potatoes)?thx this was a really helpful video!!

@kskorner74 Жыл бұрын

i've read wherer beats, like radishes will push each other away to grow, no need to thin them

@ThatBritishHomestead Жыл бұрын

That’s what o would like to do. We are a good part of the way they lol😅

@carllatta871 Жыл бұрын

Each digit of your fingers is approximately one inch. Measure them to see.

@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83 Жыл бұрын

@Melissa @everyone Have you ever seen tiny potatoes grow from potatoes let to set sprouting to long ??? I had NOT till this yr. I had some potatoes grew air spuds, I have a short I did about them. I have planted the tiny potatoes like they was tiny potato SEEDs. They are growing... I hope to see if I get any potatoes from them. It Will be another couple wks before they are planted out to actually grow potatoes...

@PohlBarnProductions Жыл бұрын

Hey Melissa, Doug here, just curious on when to Hill, is there a height requirement or a time line I should follow before I hill the first and second time, I'm growing Red and Russet Potatoes, Thanks again for the great content, I've been researching this for most of the week,

@MelissaKNorris Жыл бұрын

The article on my website has full details on that, it's in the video description

@PohlBarnProductions Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@rickdaystar477 Жыл бұрын

This is an awesome time of year, new plantings and renewal of resources. You do an awesome job and you do it with a smile! 👍Love the channel.

@pamelagarnica4415 Жыл бұрын

Great video! We are having the oddest weather pattern as well so it's just been a guessing game 🤷‍♀️ Would you share the name/brand of overalls you are wearing? They look comfy AND have pockets 😂😂😂

@MelissaKNorris Жыл бұрын

They're Duluth

@fuubar21 Жыл бұрын

I'm having the opposite weather and it's been nice that we have had a spring. Mich cooler weather allowing my cool weather crops to thrive. Sorry you are struggling.

@kyla3419 Жыл бұрын

Where can you buy the German Butterball seed potatoes?

@MelissaKNorris Жыл бұрын

I linked to my seed potato sources in the full article on my website, it's in the video description

@ronalddavis5905 Жыл бұрын

No potatoes grow much more then 4 inches higher then the standard spread, hilling so they grow higher doeasn't happen.. Love your videos and Iwe like german butterball the best also. we live in mid Mich.