If you want to harvest alot you need to plant alot

[@1CocoCookies]

Ben, I love it when I see you sitting down just running your hands through the dirt! That just shows me how connected to the garden you are! I wish I could do the same! Too old too hurt to reach down into the dirt. Everything in my garden is raised! 😀mine are in grow bags, this is my first year trying to grow them. We will see!

[@sandybottomhomestead]

I hope it works out for you. When people see me sit like that they know I mean buisness lol

[@carmyn692]

I learned and totally agree with you. I'm in 9B. For several years I grew a little patch of arugula, 4 or 5 kales, a few pak choi, 10 pole beans, etc. It was fun having such a variety. But I found myself constantly rationing portions or mixing many things together to make even one side dish. And it hit me. Grow A LOT of the same thing! It seems obvious, but it wasn't. As a result, while I'm harvesting more often, there's enough. And, doing cut & come again doesn't wipe me out for two weeks!

[@conniedavidson1807]

Every year I say I am going to plant more of the same plants. But every year I want to try different things. I know I won't get as much, but I love throwing a bit of this and a bit of that in stir fries and soups so it works for me. But it's just for me so I don't have to worry about feeding a family. Gardening is about what each of us needs and wants.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

It's like you said, it's about what makes you happy.

[@PeggyLiles]

I pulled volunteer potatoes yesterday and got a decent little harvest! I replanted (immediately) 9 total in three grow bags. I will also plant more in big pots in the greenhouse this weekend. Potatoes are magical!

[@sandybottomhomestead]

That is awesome, I hope you get a great harvest this year!

[@GrandmomZoo]

My thing here in SC is stick taters in the ground throughout the year and harvest what I can when I can, and it is working for me.

[@taracreatestoo6388]

I planted 6 slicer tomato plants. I was happy with the harvest. Next year 12 plants. I threw tater scraps in compost pile and they are growing. Very cold nights past 10 days in the Greenville SC I'll be ready to plant taters next month.

[@DanlowMusic]

I did 5- 5 gallon buckets last spring. 4 grew. I harvested them in August and September. That 5th bucket sprouted in September. Its still gowing strong even with a few nights at 32°

[@johnliberty3647]

I am always home on nights below freezing because these things happen I also have a wood fired outdoor hot tub so I enjoy those cold nights and keep the general area slightly warm and I can put cold sensitive plants near them freeing up greenhouse space.

[@gogogardener]

I add another round of potassium at 60 days. It seems to help grow bigger potatoes. Unless you get a hard freeze, I'm thinking you'll do well. I plant mid Jan without a greenhouse. Also, it takes about 30 days for the potatoes to sprout. You're pushing the envelope, but I'm rooting for your success.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

i didnt add bone meal the last time because of the racoons. I am going to give it a shot on this grow out

[@GrandmomZoo]

Had to harvest my taters after the 20s snap too.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

how did you do?

[@GrandmomZoo]

@sandybottomhomestead had them in pots in my greenhouse. Dug taters, planted my garlic in the pots. Planted onions in pots too along with some of both in the ground in my food forrest.

[@DanlowMusic]

Your potato harvest looks like a couple 5 gallon buckets (growing) worth.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

haha never tried it but i have heard

[@DsHomeyGarden]

Hey there. I love your attitude. "Whatever" That's my kind of talk. Just got my potatoes a few days ago I'm debating whether to start them in my containers or shove them under the dirt. What is the name brand of your drip line?

[@sandybottomhomestead]

I get it from drip depot

[@virginian3390]

Yeah I had 6 10 gallon grow bags in the greenhouse with about 2' tall potato plants and they got too cold and died. Do you know if they would be completely dead or would they grow back if I moved them to a warm location? I'm thinking that just plant above the surface of the soil died.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

They are dead

[@beareroflife]

Dang ur beard is dope

[@sandybottomhomestead]

damn right! thank you

[@jaytoney3007]

This year, I probably could have planted potatoes in early September, and had gotten a decent harvest before the cold weather hit. But this year has been weird for weather, with warm weather up until Thanksgiving Day. In the fifteen years that I've lived in Sylacauga, AL, I've never seen weather like it. Nor have people who have lived here all their lives. I'm putting it down as a once in a lifetime event. I am still expecting snow this year, and wouldn't be surprised to see zero degrees. It is due. The last time the temperature dipped down to zero degrees was in 2014. (Yah, and the EPA is calling the climate zone 8A. BS! Use the actual historical temperatures to determine the climate zone, and not an activist agenda model that is flawed by their own admission. And why is it the EPA doing it, and not the Dept. of Agriculture. Because it is BS!) To think of all the people who purchased citrus trees because of climate change, and had them die on them. It is a scam! Don't believe anything the government tells you. The hens have finally started laying, to of them, and are producing two eggs per day on average. The broccoli and cauliflower are forming heads, but they are developing slowly. Maybe I'll get a harvest in time for Christmas? I'm down to my two strongest heads of red cabbage. They are slowly developing heads. My last, and healthiest head of Napa cabbage is about to be treat for chickens. It had its chance, and blew it. Probably because of the too warm October and November. I know I have carrots and parsnips that I can harvest, but I am going to wait for them to get a little bigger before pulling them up, and to give them more time for the starches to convert to sugar. Oh, turnips harvested in the fall, after a frost taste better than spring turnips.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

I think alot of people are saying the same thing. I had an extra month there is so much that could have grown.

[@DanlowMusic]

Yeah they tried saying we went from 8b to 9a last year and our temps have been colder than normal the last couple years. It's definitely an agenda based change for sure.