POTATOES - Digging, Canning, Cooking

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Hi Deep South - we are just hitting our potato planting season up here in the Great White North and I'll be heading out later this week to get the spuds in the ground. I'm doubling my plot this year so hopefully we get a decent crop. With 13 mouths to feed we need lots and LOTS of potatoes! Thanks for the video.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Little Mountain Ranch I wish you the best of luck.

[@gerrymarmee3054]

Nothing better than fresh potatoes!

[@franpaterno486]

Great video I’m watching in 2023 ❤ your videos 👍👍👍 Fran. P.

[@malissa4901]

Thank yall so much, makes me think about my Daddy, I always helped him on tater digging day,arsh taters and sweet taters,really miss him and Moma

[@melissajackson4601]

Thanks for all your videos - have enjoyed each and everyone of them. I too tried following the Ball Canning book re: boiling for 10 mins and then canning. This year, I cut up the red potatoes and raw packed them with boiling water and hot jars - opened one this morning and they were excellent. Also, never would have thought of frying canned potatoes, but after watching your video, I tried it this morning - worked like a charm. Thanks again for sharing all your hard work.

[@cheristeelersgirl5910]

Beautiful potatoes 💙😁👍home grown potatoes are the best.. so creamy and delish...

[@gregorybryce6742]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Love and hugs to you both. Greg’s mom Stacey

[@sgwoodward3017]

Some of my best childhood memories is digging Irish potatoes with my daddy. Being from the south, I was almost grown before I realized that the potatoes were called, "Irish" not "Arsh" potatoes.

[@tinkwest15]

Dear SG I was 50 before I realized my great grandma Nanny was saying the same thing!!!! toooo funny! I always thought she was saying ICED potatoes. org. from NC glad to know I wasn't alone. :)

[@2ladyhomesteadershodge898]

I haven't even planted my potatoes yet and you are already canning yours! I am in Zone 6B. You must be in about Zone 9. I was planning on putting them in the ground this week, but with all the rain, I thought they would just rot in place. Canning potatoes already! My Goodness. What a blessing, Vivian Ann on the side of the mountain in NE Tennessee

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

2LadyHomesteaders Hodge We are in zone 8 Thanks

[@cottagetwo2810]

Like how u take out time to show step by step process of canning potatoes. Thanks Danny.

[@littlecreekhomestead4086]

I am growing potatoes for the first time this year, and they have just started popping up out of the ground. I am so excited to harvest these later this summer!!!!

[@jennielea5431]

Really liked this episode, will be interested to see what happens next season with the ones you kept for seed potatoes.

[@tclodfelter8789]

I haven't dug my potatoes up yet. Kinda wanting to let them grow as much as they can. So busy with the beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, peaches, blackberries and strawberries....! Apples are ready now!!

[@branditamplen8389]

Love the potato stick! And thank you, thank you, thank you for the canning video!! Wanda... I just want to come hang out and watch you (and learn from you) in the kitchen! Canning has just become a lost art. Our grandmothers canned out of necessity but when it was no longer necessary, it was no longer passed down.... I have never canned and have no idea how to but I am determined to learn how and I really appreciate your videos! Thank you guys!!

[@bigrandy1958]

Hi Danny and Wanda. I'm in southeast Tennessee. It was a crazy Winter here this year. I got my Pontiac Red Potatoes in the ground by February and they are almost two feet high now and have been blooming beautiful purple flowers for almost two weeks. I can't wait til it's time to enjoy some for supper... Your video has made me so hungry!!!!

[@glenokla2588]

Great job! Beautiful potatoes! It will be so frustrating it those lids only last 18 months. We canned potatoes today too. We ended up with seven quarts.

[@memawshippabillyhomestead2714]

Thanks for sharing another great video about preserving the harvest.

[@saywhathey4837]

I planted 50lb of red potatoes this year, and I am thinking about canning some. My wife doesn't help me do this one of stuff so I kind of have to give myself a boost to continue forward

[@777kasey]

My homegrown potatoes are firmer than the store bought ones as well. Even though my starter potato was a store bought. I think the difference is in the soil base. We use good soil with cow manure. This year I started using potato barrels and I am super happy with that, no weeds or moles, grubs etc. in my plantings and I planted 25 plants( potato eyes) to a short feed barrel.. I just harvested 65 little golds and they are delicious! I was wondering how to cann them with the skin on, thanks for showing that!!!

[@onemorchatykathy]

I love watching the cooking and canning videos

[@wayneleviner6557]

This is my first time growing potatoes, I have red and white, they have little flowers on them right know. I am saying when do I pick them. My wife and I are excited, we want to use our new pressure cooker, and try to put some potatoes up for a year. thank you for what ya'll do may GOD bless you!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Wayne Leviner Wait till the plants start to die then dig them.Hope all goes well with the canning.Thanks

[@davidparker4501]

Great job yall!!

[@chrisb5391]

Thanks for this video. I never thought about canning fingerlings. Will add them to my list. Peace and blessings.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

I don't think there is a crop more satisfying to harvest than potatoes. I don't know what it is, maybe it's the digging in the dirt to find out how many you got. Like finding buried treasure! ;D

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

MotherOfManyHorses You are so right.Thanks

[@maryreed2619]

Love, love potatoes!!!🖒 Happy Mother's Day Wanda! 🌷⚘

[@heavenscenthomestead4242]

Holy Cow! We haven't even planted our potatoes yet here in the north! Nice crop.

[@hopeking3588]

I just bought my frist water canner! To do fruit!

[@mapleflagg7744]

I just love it when you guys are canning!!!!! Great video. Nothing like making your own food. I LIKE!!! 😊

[@piahess9738]

Hi,soo nteresting,always.Lots of work but we'll worth your effort My Sis and I grew up on potatoes since my Mama was from Estonia.I learned how to pick the good ones in the grocery store.We would put salt on a piece of raw potatoe as a child and eat it.Nice childhood memory with my Family.LOOKS great you two.Very healthy.Thanks for the information.I learn soo much watching your video's.Happy you have a good harvest now.Take good care there.♡

[@sandymoss2895]

I love potatoes and I hope this year's crop is a success!

[@SandysAdventures]

I love it! My potatoes have just started blooming.

[@patience1226]

Thank you for the step by step processing....it helps tremendously with the learning ...

[@fredwoods9030]

Great potatoes harvest congrats, thanks for the infotmation, we always enjoy watching hinges both of you loved your toad to the conference lots of fun, thanks for sharing.Blessings! !!!!!

[@lisabooker6405]

I'm so excited for this video! I'm growing A LOT of potatoes for the first time ever this year and they're really growing well. I've been trying to find a good video on how to can them up so they're not mush! I like nice firm taders for soups and for frying and roasting. Thank you so much for the tips. As usual y'all are amazing! Thank you so much! Oh and I wanted to tell ya that I took Danny's advice he told me about those sweet potato slips that looked dead and planted them...they are GROWING just like he said they would. They've got new purdy leaves coming right up! I'm so excited. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Love and hugs! ~Lisa ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

So glad to see they are doing well.Lets hope for a great harvest.Thanks

[@jj25397]

You mentioned that you like to fry them so you don't boil them as long to keep them from turning to mush. Next time you fry some up, please post it as a video. My wife likes pan fried taters and I'd love to be able to make them for her from the ones I've canned. On another note, y'alls accent is music on this KZbin thing. Much love from South Georgia and thank you for sharing with us.

[@yvonnethornton1433]

At least now they are telling you the lids don't last as long as they used to. When I was 18 yrs old and canning for my first yr married, we noticed Kerr had really cut the rubber on the lids and many didn't seal. We changed to a lid from an unknown company for canning that year. Years have passed and they got better with the rubber but most of what I water bath now don't seal as tight as they used to when I was first married. I also had occasion to have many jars donated to me, but I needed to empty and clean the jars. That was some good education. These were some jars of food that had been canned in the fifty's or sixties and stored under someones cabin in the mountains of Idaho for many years. Many of those jars were still sealed very tight, leaving rubber on the jar which had to be scrubbed off with the the metal scrubber, and the many of the jars were twice as thick as jars now.

[@AngiesPantry58]

Well I live in Michigan .. We let the plant die right down then harvest. Is it cause your in South tat you take them before the plant dies down? Love watching you all working the gardens & harvesting..

[@downonredgatefarm9349]

Thanks for another good video. Hope you have a great day and may the Lord continue to richly Bless both of you. Those rains are moving in here anytime now and suppose to be some pretty bad storms.

[@amandaforeman703]

Beautiful job Danny and Wanda! I love how you work together canning! Blessings to you both!

[@danielbehm2347]

Looks like you had a decent harvest- congrats

[@carmenmendez6836]

Can you use the water u blanch the potatoes in when ur filling ur jars?

[@advancedrescue4083]

I heard that potatoes you buy from the store to eat are sprayed with something that preserves them and makes them not sprout so easy but seed potatoes are not sprayed. I wonder if that is the difference? I love the demonstration at the end. I really like your videos keep them coming! 😊❤️

[@cherylmiller2272]

Great video...love the harvesting and canning!

[@julieschossow9315]

I always learn so much from you 2. Growing potatoes for first time. You'll have to show how you store your seed potatoes.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Julie Schossow We have a video showing that in our cellar on bread trays in a rack system i built.Thanks julie

[@80krauser]

This was our second year of planting potatoes, both the russet and red kind. I planted the russets first and got almost 2 and a half bushels worth. Our tiller died so we didn't have the soil as worked as I would have liked but they came out okay. A friend bought us a fifty pound sack of red seed potatoes that I planted over the course of two days. What few reds we harvested already grew better than the russets, though I think was just the russets were small store bought potatoes my grandmother had that went to seed. I'm going to see how well the gold potatoes do as well as russets this summer. Hopefully they do well so I can use my new french fry cutter!

[@QLH.U2bbers]

I'm really excited to be getting closer to harvesting mine - thank you AGAIN for your inspiration and showing us how and what to do!! :)

[@marieoakes8143]

Danny God has blessed with beautiful potatoes this spring, this is the first crop that I am going to be able to store. We plan on canning some and dehydrating some. I want to store some in our stormseller but I want to know if this is a good idea, the cellar is a front entrance not completely underneath ground level please help me decide if this is a good idea.

[@sandysledge6860]

Nothing beats a fresh dug tater! Nice crop. Its a great day.

[@cheryl8720]

we've been using our own seed potatoes for years, in the beginning our potatoes did the same as yours. our experience is that after the first year they adjust to your area and work well as seed potatoes and eating potatoes. we're in the deep south also but in louisiana.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Cheryl Dugas Thanks for letting me know that i was wondering what was up.Thanks Cheryl

[@samfinn8397]

thank you

[@StarryHilder]

Your the potato man!!!! You even have the accent to go along with it!!!!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Starry Hilder LOL Another title im already called the sweet tater king LOL Thanks Starry have a Blessed Day

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

+Starry Hilder awe thanks. You are our mountain lady

[@alicelewis7261]

I live in Tenn our taters are not even ready for harvest yet but yours is beautiful thanks for sharing.

[@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

We have green beans from 6 years ago pressure canned, and theys just fine!

[@lunchhooks2253]

I wish I had good ground like you guys. Mine is rock with a little orange clay in it. Good for nothing, not even cotton.

[@eaglegoldengate4184]

Love this idea of canning potatoes! How many times this will come in handy when in a hurry! I would suggest taking them tators in before replanting, some look pretty green from sunburn. This can be toxic.

[@gigistitchin]

Ball Blue Book is great

[@malissa4901]

What do you use the fingerlings for? I know it's probably a dumb question but I've never seen anyone can these before, Thanks and God Bless Yall

[@BrooklyngirlLovesCrochet]

Great video!! Thanks for the warning on the new lids!!

[@moscar9128]

Thank you....

[@shereehyde4944]

I would love to volunteer to come live with you to learn how to garden like the Master and his Mrs! Thanks for the great info you give, gardening and canning! Sheree

[@steakandeggscynthiar.7714]

Enjoyed your video on canning potatoes. I always raw pack mine. I did the 10 minutes years ago and they were so mushy . BTW Wanda the new lids are have more sealant and are a little thicker so they are for 18 months the older lids are only for 1 year. Actually I have peas that were canned in 2012 and are still sealed and good. Guess we will have to see if the new ones are better than the ones we been using. You and Danny make a great canning team.

[@AliCT814]

A perfect day 😊

[@rogerrathbun444]

Do you have to use any preservatives in the water that goes in the jar or just the salt ?

[@malissa4901]

Do you cover the jars with water?

[@Forevertrue]

Those lids used to be good only for one year. So 18 months is an improvement. I keep my food for three max, but the USDA does not recommend either. Be glad its 18 months now its longer than ever before.

[@grilla883]

Looks like your potatoes are more Starchy rather than Waxy. Starchy potatoes are great for boiling and make real nice mash, where as waxy potatoes are good for baking as they hold there shape better because they've got more moisture. Either way potatoes are awesome, i just love them.

[@wasblind4835]

Great video. One question. When potatoes are canned. Do they get mushy sitting in the water that long?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Janet Almaqaleh Once we perfected our process they dont get musshy anymore.Thanks Janet

[@tambrasmith4199]

Thank u

[@olddave4833]

hey, thanks for the heads up about the 18 months on the canning lids, I just bought a few hundred each, regular and large mouth and they both say 18 months...I never would have noticed it if not for watching this video. time to go on a jar drive and get the old glass lid jars and rubbers, but I suppose the rubbers aren't like the old ones

[@jameshagan2263]

It just maybe time to go back to dipping jars in Beeswax again , just a thought.

[@subdrvr]

I don't know about those red ones you have there but when I was in the Navy on Submarines the food we got was colored with dye. Peas were an unnatural green. Corn was bright yellow. Carrots came out of the can bright orange. Of course all canned foods were dehydrated and hockey pucked. It may be that your red taters went through a red bath during the rinsing and before packaging.

[@jiggjohns1028]

Same thing happened to me with the potatoes on the color

[@yeshuaisthewaythetruthandt515]

Thanku. I like d crisp potatoes even though it's lighter in color. I think they are denser n will fill me up faster n I won't have to eat much, hence more economical

[@lisamoseley9914]

Do you dry your potatoes in a dark place to cure? I'm worried about the green tint coming up. Thanks for any advice you can give and praying for your Dad!🙏

[@pinevalleyfarm4941]

Are those red lasota?my red Pontiac don't look that bright they look very dull colored.them are beautiful and a good harvest!God bless!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Logans Homestead These are the red lasoda potatoes.Thanks

[@henfeatherhomestead981]

Thanks for the video. Awesome. Hugs

[@kellybrady876]

Curious as to why you saved the fingerling potatoes that appeared to have a little green on them. Having been a potato grower most of my life we always culled them out and fed those to the sheep. Also wanted to know if you still sold sweet potato slips. We want to give those a try this next season. We live in southern Colorado about 20 miles north of NM state line and wondered if we could grow okra here being a short cooler growing season so after the peas were done just as an experiment we planted a few to see how they would do. We were way late in getting them in and had no expectations of having any to pick but to our surprise we now have plants nearly 2 feet tall and buds all over and a few okra showing. Our first killing frost is about 3 weeks out so don't expect any this year. Next yr. we will plant much earlier. We LOVE pickeled okra and have great expectations for next year.

[@nol1379]

We stored our potatoes in a bin in a cool dry area under house, but Michigan gets real cold outside during winter. Besides shelf space was tight down there for canned goods. Our red skin ones were about hard ball size ones at ten a hill. Enough for family of six for dinner. Two hills worth for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. We also did cold bath canning too. Could you do a video on the difference and why you guys don't. I know it is because of the heat evolved but someone might wonder why you don't do it in the Deep South. Also known as cold packing canning.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Frederick Nolan We have read that cold packing potatoes is not a safe way to can them.THanks

[@nol1379]

That explains what and why if you read the Ball book explaining what canning method works best for putting away your harvest.

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

Danny if you notice the redder potatoes have thicker skin also. I have found the same thing in the store. I think it's because they aren't the some variety. even thought they are sold the same.

[@christasmicroflowerfarm2695]

Lookin good.🌱

[@robindowning5873]

great video. could the lighter red have anything to do with pollination? I would love to see how Wanda fries these canned potatoes.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Robin Downing She is going to be doing a video on that before long.Thanks

[@gigistitchin]

Danny, you may want to consider mulching with wood chips, you're soil seems so hard packed with clay. I've grown wonderful potatoes in straw. Nice potatoes! Thanks for your videos.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Gigi Morgan Our soil is almost all sand no clay here almost wish we had some to help hold in some moisture.Thanks

[@permieforlife]

Your spuds look delicious.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Laura Kinkade Thanks Laura

[@tinkwest15]

when fall gets here do y'all know how to make sweet potato fried pies??? Homesick for NC and they are different from the NM empanadas (though I won't turn them down) thanks :)

[@PriscillaSwaney]

Wanda have you cooked one of the firmer potatoes. When I was in SC last year I bought a bag of potatoes and they were firm when cutting like your light colored ones. We could never get them soft, they stayed hard even boiling them. Might want to cook a couple and see what the texture is after regular cook time. They were also light skinned red potatoes. Wonder if they are GMO, we can never be guaranteed that our seed potatoes are organic. You two sure have more energy than I do, nice looking canned potatoes.

[@dianawilliams-coe7747]

Do you have a video on planting the fingerling potatoes in pots

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We planted some last year. I know we showed what they looked like in a few updates on the garden, but I don't think we showed start to finish. We harvested maybe 5 lbs from 3 posts with 4 plants in each.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

The newer canning lid sealant is required to be safer chemical wise. Winds up a softer product, but they seem to seal well. Watch for any buckling when you use them though. Some people report ridges & ripples from every brand of new style lid.

[@tclodfelter8789]

I'm amazed at the difference in the two potatoes!?? I guess PotAto and Potato AIN'T the same!?? LOL I'm thinking I would prefer your crisper potatoes for everything from french fries to mashed potatoes!??

[@carmenmendez6836]

Can you water bath ur potatoes instead of pressure canning?

[@donaldruthieashmore6179]

I like to cook them little potatoes in some green beans that's how My Dad and Granddad eat them little potatoes.

[@montiraystyron1546]

thought I was subscribed but now I am thanks

[@billyangelapressley]

What fertilize did u use

[@yvonnethornton1433]

They changed the lids many years ago. When I was doing my first canning as a newly married. We were finding many of the lids didn't seal. Mom and I went to an off brand lids which worked really well. They must have decreased the rubber too much. They then made them a little better, but not as good as they were previously. In the past they would seal so tight the lid bent while removing. It's my experience now, many aren't sealed really tight and I wonder if I really want to eat it or not.

[@barbaracarter9120]

I don’t have a pressure cooker so how long would you can potato in a water canner

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

I do not recommend that you water bath any vegetable. Pressure can only. Water bath is for jams, jellies and some fruits.

[@barbaracarter9120]

Aww man. I’ve got like 3 5 gallon buckets of potatoes. I wanted to can them

[@sueantonich5455]

When you harvest do the little babies you can have to sit and cure first or do you just go ahead and can those right away?

[@jensdailylife4656]

Tennessee Sue I wonder that also ..

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Tennessee Sue They need to be canned pretty quick because the get spongy feeling fast.Thanks

[@tclodfelter8789]

I'm wondering... instead of water...could you use something like chicken broth?

[@tinkwest15]

Dear Wanda and Danny Loved this video. wanted to know if you have ever had a problem with canning fingerlings OR reg size potatoes with the skins on. You are meticulous with your cleaning but just wondered. We never even peel our mashed potatoes either. We just call then "rustic" style and Momma said there were vitamins in the skins. LOL just curious on your opinion. Thanks! R. from NM. :)

[@greatdanerescuemom1]

the 1 from the store could be a dark red norland, and yours could be red clouds or red dales. hen i did 2 different reds 1 was dark and the other light. just a thought.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

mai pi These are the red lasodas the lighter ones are last years red lasodas we saved and replanted.Thanks

[@lifewithmikeandjenn5814]

The Sandy soil looks like it is good for taters. We had some canned new potatoes for breakfast with hash this morning! Only a few jars left 😣

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We have a few dozen left. We are hoping for a bumper crop this year. 😀😀💙💚💛❤

[@believeliveloveandlaugh3844]

When did you plant them? How many months to harvest?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Puerto Rican Prepper We planted in the middle of Feb.Harvested in the middle of May.To hot here after that.Thanks

[@believeliveloveandlaugh3844]

Deep South Homestead thank you

[@shawnoney5678]

I have not seen slips like that how can you get them or how to have them start be blessed

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We have a video on growing sweet potato slips. It will show you step by step how we grow them. Plus later this week we will be planting some more. Hopefully a video on them.

[@thomasthurman2723]

@@DeepSouthHomestead kzbin.info/www/bejne/epCTe3Ztd8qaeNk hey just made this video.. look please... This is the first time I've done this... What do you think?