Pa's Potato Harvest and How we store them for winter!

[@claudiaschneider357]

Please do a video when you make hash brown and French fries

[@janmiles6262]

Yes, I'd like that also!!

[@jsellick6468]

Me too!🪷

[@Xsuxa]

GOT MY ORDER IN!😂

[@terrihinton7126]

Mr & Mrs Brown,I just love you both,I'm so glad y'all got to retire together so cool.stay safe and keep filming.

[@lindakitts4304]

Nice potatoes. I’m just getting mine in. My tomatoes and peppers are blooming. My garden is in boxes and pots but I’m thankful for what I have got.

[@livinglife8333]

Amen, I’ve got my stuff in buckets. Not sure how the potatoes will do but it was worth a shot.

[@lindakitts4304]

@@livinglife8333 I have just planted a few more potatoes in a bucket. We’ll see together how they do. 😂

[@sheilahenn8549]

​@@livinglife8333Last year I planted mine in a 5 gal bucket. I drilled a lot of drainage holes in the bottom and a few on the sides. They were nice potatoes. My previous attempt had failed because to much moisture.

[@terriyoungblood4565]

Mine too. All containers

[@deewinston5651]

The potatoes look good. Have a wonderful weekend. God bless you both.❤️✝️🙏

[@TheRomanOrthodox]

There is nothing better than homegrown potatoes! Mom and Dad have a really good harvest coming in.

[@NanetteAycock-pq4tx]

My potatoes did great in raised beds this year. I had never tried that before. The older I get, the higher I'd like for my raised beds to be!

[@rockywatson737]

I peeled some with eyes and planted them in a bucket and I got alot of them

[@who7056]

I love you guys and everything you teach. God bless you always. ❤️✝️❤️

[@Mark-cr4xh]

Aye, makes me homesick. God bless ya'll!

[@shelwhitley1011]

🍀

[@cheryljohnson206]

I always love your videos and learning the old ways. I’m 63 and my parents grew up farming then moved to the “cities” as young adults. My adults kids and I wish we grew up on the farm. Going back to the country is their goal (and mine, but getting a bit too old, maybe).❤

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thank you

[@1Gibson]

Nice haul. God bless.

[@Xsuxa]

Love your videos! Thank you!😊

[@danielleosentoski520]

Can’t wait to see how to freeze potatoes!

[@rowenaboone7740]

Thank you.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

You're welcome!

[@dianebondhus9355]

We used to grow potatoes too. The kids loved to dig them up because it seemed like digging for treasure. 😁

[@pamelahill7164]

Please do a video on how your freezing your potatoes

[@annettebeavers7866]

Love Mr. Browns potato garden .😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤

[@nobillclinton]

Good health to both of you. 🍑🫖

[@ClickinChicken]

Been a while! Thanks for the episode. Thanks Arkansas! 🔴⚪🔵 "Have I done and have I dared; everything to be prepared.", OK, "And may the great Masters of all Good Scouts be with you until we meet again." Good night Scouts! That's the Scout Master's minute. I know, kind of silly. Sending love from MN!

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thank you

[@DonnaAnders-w4d]

Good job Mr. Brown, I couldn’t get down on my knees like that for nothing and do that. You stay busy so that keeps you limber. God Bless you and Miss Lori. ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@annchism8547]

Very nice potatoes and like your storage. Happy 4th.

[@luciabriseno4065]

Absolutely Beautiful Potatoes 🥔🥔👨🏻‍🌾Mr. Brown 👌🏻🦩

[@NancyWright-b8y]

We always waited till our vines died down..

[@annieoakley4795]

Maybe you could help me, I'm new to gardening. Everything I've seen says to wait for the vines to die. But, I've also seen where it says russets grow mature in 8 to 12 weeks. My vines are still going good and they have been growing 15 weeks. I'm starting to wonder if I should pull them before the potatoes rot??? Or should I keep waiting? I appreciate any advice

[@FireflyHomestead]

@@annieoakley4795 @NancyWright-b8y we are in the same boat, would love to know the answer, trying to figure out if we should dig them up

[@sandysmith8567]

I've mostly waited till the vines are at least partially died back. I only dug them earlier if getting excess rain to avoid them rotting. You might gently dig up under a plant to see what's going on, but as long as the plants are green and you're watering when needed, they may be fine for awhile.

[@annieoakley4795]

@@sandysmith8567 thanks for the advice.

[@dianedazzle241]

I planted my potatoes in dog, cat, and cow food bags. I just put a few little goes in the bottom and started them in about 4 or 5 inches of soil. As they grow, I add soil, leaving only about 3 leaves sticking out.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Great idea!

[@lindagraff4842]

Mice potato harvest, I would be happy with them too.❤

[@carolowen9595]

Good to see how to store them. Your potatoes look good.

[@dorothylittle3637]

Love the way you store your potatoes.

[@MarthaAnderson-jv8ph]

Love y'all. God bless 🙏💙

[@carolthomas770]

I like the box method for storage! Haven't harvested my potatoes yet. Planted mid -late April here in S Ohio. Love you both ❤ All the great info you share.

[@cathyparker1600]

Listening to Mr Brown reminded me of sling blade😅, love your show

[@florencegarza4232]

I enjoy watching your videos. I learn a lot from you both. I just love the way you live. You grow and can your own food and have a little, but very cozy home. Love it!! May the good Lord continue to bless you both. Oh yeah, and Happy Retirement to the two of you. Enjoy it and be happy!!

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thanks so much

[@kristenschnese6980]

Those were huge potatoes! I don’t think mine are coming up yet Happy 4th !

[@debbiesykes5491]

Good looking potatoes and so happy you got a good haul happy eating!!

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thanks so much

[@annmarie3520]

I’ve got some Yukon Gold potatoes growing in buckets. Hope to get a few meals from them!!! Your potatoes were beautiful!😘❤🙏🏻✨

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

I hope you do too!

[@bobbietharrington6690]

Nice potatoes! Ours started sprouting before we dug them. Never seen that. Heat I guess. We popped sprouts off and stored them in a cool dark dry place. Should they be OK since they had started sprouting before they were dug up?

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Should be fine

[@Angie-jg4nz]

I’ve slid boxes of potatoes under my bed. If I put them in the ground, I’d be feeding voles/moles all winter🤣. Those suckers get my root veggies

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Oh no!

[@sing2me]

Where's your produce basket?

[@Melissa-gz1wg]

Good way to get bit!!! 😮

[@wilbback8589]

As a child, it was my job to keep the potato beetles off of the crop. I hated that job. Dad expected me to kill those beetles, and I just couldn't. I'm still an insect / animal lover. Have a Great Week-end. It's Canada Day on Monday. This is a long week-end here.

[@cathyshanks7697]

I recently canned potatoes using 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp of citric acid in each quart. I opened up two quarts, rinsed them and boiled. After mashing they had a weird funky taste that was almost unbearable to eat the rest. Any idea on the cause or should I have rinsed more or cooked longer?

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Yes as many potatoes as I have canned they do have a different taste So I would only fry them Still not my favorite but if you need to preserve them with no other option it does help I'm doing a 2 series video on freezing potatoes this week french fries. Hash brown and frozen mashed potatoes Watch for those videos soon!

[@pamelaclayton-vg9me]

Hope Mr brown is ok he was camera shy today

[@kimedmonson3134]

😍

[@LisaH582]

Can you plant some more right now?

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

You can try might get a few before cold weather

[@LisaH582]

@@WhippoorwillHoller Thank you for your reply. This year was my first year at growing taters (my neighbor tells me you have to call tomatoes - maters and potatoes - taters if you want to have success). I planted Russets, reds, new taters and Yukons in 25 gallon grow bags. I've only yielded maybe two dozen. I live in GA and it's be very dry here. If I can still find seed potatoes I think I'll try another planting. Next year, I'm following what YOU do - planting a row in my small garden. Thank you for your inspiration!

[@CarrieThiery]

Do mice bother them? Thanks

[@cindyclark9145]

You worry me digging in there without gloves on in case of snakes! I’m mortified of snakes!

[@DaleBedard-i1t]

How do u do your garlic if u lived up in NH WE live in Nh

[@rockywatson737]

Are the harder to keep than white potatoes

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Not really

[@morgancalvi6675]

Please, please, please make some German potato salad and sed me some....P-L-E-A-A-A-S-E!!!!!!!!

[@bettyburcham7562]

Hope ya have a good weekend n maybe fish or grill a steak. Enjoy retirement. Stay Safe.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thanks 👍

[@leahharbison4932]

Nice tater haul.

[@DeniseFrederiksen]

How do you cure them

[@lindamymixtap8730]

I'm not sure what you just said or meant that you didn't or do cure them, not sure what that consists of?!🤷🤔

[@KateEASN]

I've never dug potatoes...that was like an Easter egg hunt 😂 All different colors and sizes! Hope yall and the Whippoorwill Holler community have a great weekend and God bless you all!

[@susanwilson4695]

I grow mine in cardboard boxes, since it's just me and prevents gophers eating on them. At the end of the season I just turn the box over and there they are.

[@mel924]

Grammy & Grampy had a potato/onion room in the basement. She called it the potato cellar, I called it the spider room. Such a creepy place. But if Grammy asked you to go fetch potatoes, you better get on it or get the paddle.

[@lindaminor1985]

We need more loving paddlers these days. Produced the best children❤

[@PattiRahn-o5d]

Do you get mice coming afterthe potatoes on the floor?

[@janemarie77]

I just love new potatoes!😊

[@rhondalane8011]

Oh my goodness! I love to see fruits of a garden! ❤

[@kristychavez2149]

I love fresh garden potatoes

[@lisabrown8749]

So very timely!! I was just wondering if it was time for harvesting potatoes and how they needed to be stored. God bless you and Mr. Brown

[@bhallmark3390]

My dad grew up poor on a farm during the Depression. On their property, they had a big root cellar that you could stand in. Inside, they had built wooden frames to hold the potatoes that had been dug. They would throw lime on them, just as Mr Brown recommended. They would keep for a long time! I’m so glad you didn’t run into any snakes while you were digging! ❤-Brenda

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Oh yes!

[@lisastankiewicz1926]

We have a beautiful crop all in bloom now. It’s like a treasure hunt when we dig em up!

[@LindaScales-hr5br]

I remember getting potatoes up in a number 10 tub, after a long day at school. My daddy would be done dug them the evening before. After school, we knew what our job was.🙏❤️🙂

[@LindaScales-hr5br]

Ain't nothing wrong with your potatoes in your house under your cabinets. People will complain about anything you do.🙏❤️🙂

[@csnanny1882]

You guys live what is known as the good life. God bless , and stay healthy. Love you.

[@terryt.1643]

Nice crop, Mr. Brown. Miss, Lori, I’d like to see your hash browns, I have some buckets and tubs of potatoes coming so I need to make up some potato recipes. 👍👍

[@lesterhertel2945]

Some very nice potatoes another very interesting video Thank you and God bless you and YOUR FAMILY 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@BarbB56]

Gave up growing potatoes because there is just me. Couldn’t eat them all before they went bad or sprouted. Will try what you suggest. Thank you for sharing.

[@paulagardner2708]

My great uncle made big screens, 3 high, screen door size, made a big shelf. Heavy wire. He had it outside under his covered porch. He did not wash them either. He also stored his onions that way. He said it kept them fresher with the air flow. He passed back in 89.

[@stacey8420]

So why don't you care for canned potatoes anymore?

[@jltest5230]

Oh how exciting. Beautiful fruits from your labor. Thank you for sharing with us. Love your channel.

[@karenwright9123]

😊I'm so glad Pa got some potatoes,it's disappointing to get nothing for hard work. I think y'all will be fine this winter. We got some green tomatoes now,just had some fried with Sloppy joe's and watermelon,yummy. Y'all have a wonderful week,love ya both!!🥰🎇🎆🎉Happy Fourth!!!

[@robertasmith7780]

You both look so tired …I used to get that way when it was humid. Please take care of yourselfs. ❤️

[@ChristyWerpy-sl5oq]

Pa Brown, how do keep the potatoes from getting heart rot? I'm watering too much?

[@DeniseFrederiksen]

You have one too😊 17:17

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I grew potatoes one time in my raised bed and they are still coming up. I can't get rid of them. They never amounted to anything near the size you are getting.

[@LolaTaylor-l2p]

Digging potatoes brings back good memories of when I grew up. MISS Lori what color of paint is your lower cabinets painted I like the color

[@grammjam]

Did you not weed the potato patch?

[@christinaburns779]

Your area is still about the best. Looking for peace and quiet without people unless invited. No one visits unexpectedly in the country when takes a hour or more unless emergency. City people knock on my door asking my opinion on topics not kidding. I belive in God have a nice day. What's your thoughts on abortion . Not kidding. Water quality retorts are stories more then actual numbers. Oh land and water get pollution from numerous blah blah blah not kidding. Solar fields and wind thousands of acres far as eye can see. Yet not cheap electricity very high trailer$126 and i don't watch tv

[@christinaburns779]

Only electric is ac and fridge but got solar and trying to put in windows not roof. Not great area and instant target. Got a solid mobile home 1993 Fleetwood this place is solid. Old ones have glass not uv protective and 3 inch gap double windows that solar panels will fit in. so I'm trying off grid city style.

[@courageousspirit3586]

I learn so much from the two of you about the garden produce, and it takes me back to childhood days with my parents having us help in the small garden plots they would grow where ever we lived. I so miss those days and wish I could have a garden with plenty of sun. Fresh veggies are the best and you live a blessed life. I love the inside of your home, the way you make use of all the pieces of furniture that you added to make your kitchen so functional and always have things in easy reach. This is one of the joys of my week, watching your channel.

[@debreena2888]

I do not care for the flavor of canned potatoes either... until I started adding 1 tbsp of lemon juice per pint or 2 tbsp per quart, when canning them. It removes that "canned" flavor completely. I tend to plant yukons. They do better where I live.

[@sandysmith8567]

Thank you for this tip! I'm definitely going to try it!

[@lisapeck2617]

I Live In Upstate NY My Potatoes R Just Starting To Come Up !!! Ur Way Ahead Of Us On The Gardening For Sure !!

[@carolthomas770]

My plants are full and green. Won't harvest for another month. Planted mid/late April in S Ohio. I'm new at all this😂!

[@doityourselflivinggardenin7986]

Upstate NY here and mine are crotch high with blooms. Potatoes should be planted one week before the average last frost.

[@oudogs]

Didn't do garden this year too busy cartooning for 2 family members that are ill

[@jtharp9265]

Oh , your deck at end looks beautiful 😊😊😊😊😊😊 yall got it done yay 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@ClickinChicken]

Re: Storage. You're house is stilted. Like mine. Cool sand under house. I could grow potatoes. But I'm a working stiff. Hope house is sealed for mice, they'll get them a snack under the cabinets! Anyway...

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Our house is tight no mice

[@Lisa-rv7oh]

Love learning things from your videos. I was too young to learn how to garden from my relatives before they passed away. Thank you for your time you and Mr Brown share with us. You're such a blessing.

[@joanedwards9380]

Hey y'all ❤ Please show us how to freeze potatoes, God bless y'all 🙏❤️

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Ok will do

[@patriciahenderson1999]

Has Pa ever grown his potatoes vertically in boxes or in containers?

[@wendyspicer8588]

Digging potatoes is the best treasure hunt.

[@leaannebrummett9159]

My gramps would burying his if he ran out of storage. I've seen him go out and dig them with snow on the ground and those taters were not frozen.

[@ruthie1967]

Where's your gloves Pa? Lol

[@carlapatterson6840]

Good information video, Thank you for sharing

[@marktaino2257]

I am happy to hear that you are doing well and Mr Brown is getting lots of taters❤❤

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Thank you

[@NashRambler]

We love homegrown potatoes because they taste much better than store bought.

[@WhippoorwillHoller]

Sure do!

[@jeannettebalcom6826]

Just LOVE all your videos

[@allisnblain5437]

Your house must be so clean to store potatoes under your cabinets……mine would have dust bunnies….lol

[@sqwrrl]

I plant them 4 to 6 inches deep. Always superficial potatoes but I use a potato fork, and can find some at 8-10 inches deep. My average last time I dug up potatoes was 7 potatoes per plant. (Sometimes 9, sometimes 5). If I dug around with my hands only, I would only find small ones. Have you tried a potato fork?

[@pamhutzell8268]

Beautiful potatoes , we used to pick over where they planted potatoes for chips . We always had lots. It took alot of work but it paid off.

[@leotasimon9921]

I do so pray for Miss Lori.

[@JustLiving2018]

My mom was telling stories about how they kept taters over the winter to feed 14 kids and they put them in the ground just like papa said.

[@lisapeck2617]

My Father Always Waited Until To Tops Turned Brown !!!

[@CherylBarber-bk4kh]

My dad dug his with a potato fork. What he had left after the winter, he’d use them for seed potatoes.

[@nickik.9037]

Your potato crop is beautiful. I've never had luck with potatoes. Last year I tried container gardening in 5 gal. buckets but they didn't produce. Love to watch what works good for you. Hugs!