Fat potato harvest with little work (4ft x 8ft raised bed)

Come see how many potatoes a 4ft x 8ft raised can can give you with not much effort. The most work I did with these potatoes was harvest them.

[@growingmyown]

What an amazing harvest, I just love to watch potato harvest videos.. New friend here from Growing My Own.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

It was definitely a fun treasure hunt. This was my first solid potato harvest .Thanks for watching!

[@karenfrankland7763]

North Jersey here for the first time. Lovely potato harvest. You might want to go back into those potato beds with a pitch fork. A lot of times the potatoes can go deeper down. We grew blue potatoes a few years ago in a huglekulture bed and to this day they come back every year even when we think we dug them all. We start Garlic in the ground on Halloween, an easy date to remember to plant them. Usually we harvest ours end of June or at least by July 4th. This year we havested the garlic scapes early May and pulled all the garlic last week of May. Almost a month early with this crazy we have been having.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

Thanks for watching and the tips! I've definitely missed a couple potatoes because I already see them growing again! This year I'm actually getting the garlic planted in time. I already have my seed garlic ordered. Good idea with doing it on Halloween.

[@nitishjain5393]

Keep up the good videos!

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@nitishjain5393 thank you!

[@marcb564]

Micro-potato. That one’s for Barbie and Ken.😂 love the clucking.😊 Good yield for a potato soup. Yummy.

[@TenaHales]

Awesome harvest! Your definitely gonna be enjoying that harvest! 😊

[@jessicasturm5099]

A few recommendations from someone who has been growing potatoes for a while. Nr.1: dig deeper. Some potatoes can be quite far down. Nr.2: after the harvest put some organic fertilizer into your soil. Mix well and leave for a few days and then put in some new potatoes in the soil, so that you have a harvest in autumn. Those potatoes are great during winter months 😋 Nr.3.: worm castings are a great fertilizer for every plant, including potatoes. Maybe you could set up a worm bin. Nr.4.: little mini potatoes are great roasted. Greetings from Austria

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@jessicasturm5099 thanks for all the tips! I ended up putting a short season corn in after the potatoes. Another round of potatoes would be awesome though. Maybe I can squeeze them elsewhere in the garden.

[@growingmyown]

They may be small but I am sure it will be delicious.

[@rizesgardening]

Great potato haul!

[@Yardsteadinginjamaica]

Am amazing harvest, truly reminiscent of a treasure húnt, new subscriber here from @homesteadinginjamaica.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

I was very happy with the treasure! Thanks for checking out my channel.

[@hoangchung1987]

The potatoes are really delicious, try your best

[@Sellers707]

You had a very nice harvest. New friend here. Showing you support. Enjoy your potatoes. Happy gardening 😊

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

Thanks for taking the time to watch! Hopefully a lot more good stuff to come.

[@EmmelenePillay-pp5md]

Fantastic potatoe harvest...

[@galinamazuryk2036]

Fantastic potato harvest!

[@ChaChingtheslotQueen]

Got dizzy with all the camera movements. Nice harvest! I’m a newbie to gardening. Hope mine do as well as yours

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

Thanks! The next video will have some movement also. In the future I'll try to be more stable. Even if you don't get as many you can always try next year :)

[@pamwalker6284]

New subscriber. I love to watch the potato treasure hunt!

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

Thank you for taking the time to watch! I had fun doing it.

[@myhomeandgardenchanneldwel7777]

It is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed. Very nice potato harvest. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@myhomeandgardenchanneldwel7777 thank you for taking the time to watch and subscribe. Hopefully it gets better and better every year. I have a lot of plans for the future.

[@jaywlazlowski6395]

“Oh yeah, we eating tonight” 😂 I laughed with you after you said that

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@jaywlazlowski6395 I was hoping the rest of my harvest was gonna be bigger than that potato marble.

[@jaywlazlowski6395]

@@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ that ended up being a nice harvest dude!

[@jaywlazlowski6395]

@@SlowAndHomesteadyNJthose small potatoes sell for a lot more per pound than the biggies. Mainly because you don’t have to process them, you can just throw them on a pan with some oil and salt and toss em in the oven

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@jaywlazlowski6395 I was surprised how many I got. Can actually eat good tonight haha.

[@jaywlazlowski6395]

@@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ you’re eating good for the rest of the month bro!

[@amandacraig2637]

Just a tip make sure u dig down to ive had the at less 40 cm down b4 amazing harvest tho well done

[@maryprepas]

Nice one ❤❤

[@paulaadams9546]

Nice potatoes. But they have eyes on them and should have pull them earlier. 😊❤

[@IAMGiftbearer]

Your soil is really fluffy! What is the name of that marine compost? I might want to get some!

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

I'll need to go back and see if they have more bags because I don't think I have any footage of the bags. I think it was a Canadian product though, or at least made with Canadian seafood. There was already a solid base in the beds before the compost. Look into promix for something light and fluffy that can be purchased from home Depot. It can get pricey if you need a ton of it though

[@jefferydeverin903]

You gotta have a side channel where you prepare and cook your harvest lol. I bet you got some decent ways to chef up those taters

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@jefferydeverin903 I'll be doing some cooking right on here soon enough 😁

[@carolparrish194]

When did you plant your garlic? Garlic needs a cold period and usually is planted in the fall about 4 to 6 inches deep. Let grow until late summer. It needs to be fertilized with nitrogen at planting and again a little later .No telling how big your potatoes would have grown if they would have been watered once or twice a week. Nice potatoes. Do you compost your chicken droppings? A good source of nitrogen but must be composted for several months to kill off any bad pathogens.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@carolparrish194 I definitely planted it way too late.. I'm much better prepared for this year!

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@carolparrish194 also, I do compost wood chips from the chicken coop and when I'm raising new birds. Other than that I haven't touched what's in the run yet. I plan to eventually sift from the run to spread around the garden. I'll be finally using the compost from my bin in the winter..I haven't touched it yet.. hopefully have black gold.

[@edwardmarapese868]

Can you actually plant a whole potatoe and get a good harvest without waiting for the eyes to sprout?

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@edwardmarapese868The whole potatoes I planted mostly didn't have any eyes yet.

[@maretteschulz8898]

Need to get yourself a tripod so you can hook in with both hands👌👌😁😁

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

Haha I have one but haven't bothered using it. 2 hands would have been nice for the potatoes though.

[@rir78]

Your hen making that noise is laying an egg.

[@paulaadams9546]

Dig deeper for potatoes.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

Thanks for the tips. I'm pretty new at potatoes. I can see now that I missed at least a few because I have some potato plants growing in between the corn I planted on top after the harvest.

[@ninfadoyle1450]

Why don’t you sit down your camera? Too much movement, it gave me a headache so I didn’t finish watching your video.

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@ninfadoyle1450 I'll start using a tripod more in the future. Some people like the first person view, like you are there.

[@sandraclay169]

Potatoes can be poisonous to chickens. They are in the nightshade family

[@SlowAndHomesteadyNJ]

@@sandraclay169 I'll avoid in the future. They are all doing great luckily