It’s amazing how much these two potatoes have grown. They look like they really like the self-watering boxes, with all the water and nutrients they would ever need. It might be difficult to see in the picture, but the leaves are actually beginning to turn a bit yellow near the stems. It turned out that
I don’t think you’re supposed to grow potatoes in a self-watering box. I tried it anyway, and they’re growing very well, with a really healthy-looking green color. They actually grow so well that they can’t support their own weight and fall over. The exact same thing happens when I grow tomatoes in self-watering boxes. This
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This is the spot in the lawn where my small potato bed was located two years ago. I was going through the concrete blocks one by one looking for germinated flower seeds, and I stumbled on one of life’s little miracles where the two sticks are placed. It turns out that two of my tiny
I have several wire mesh supports that I have kept from previous years of gardening. They fit perfectly into the bottom of these plastic pots. This is a mix of 50% soil from a growing bag and 50% compost from the recycling station. It has a perfect texture and I’m looking forward to see if
Uuh, a present from 2019! I’m wondering what it is. Actually, I know: Hokkaido pumpkin seeds! And they’re very well preserved. Let’s find out what they’re capable of when they are exposed to a self-watering box. I’m planting three seeds in each hole to make sure I’m left with at least one healthy plant. Unfortunately,
This is a good spot for two self-watering boxes – or even three. The potato tower is being built to the right. This is at the end of a long driveway. The end of the driveway is packed with wild strawberry, that will have to be moved to another place. I’ll move them to the
Last year I built a potato tower bed from these concrete blocks that I found behind the shed. It didn’t go very well because a mole decided to do a sneak attack from below. I assume it ate all the potatoes from the ground and up, because I didn’t find any at all in the
The flowers on the apple tree are in full bloom. The tree grows on a steep hill in the backyard. In fact, most of the backyard is one steep hill. There’s not much space for growing food since there are many areas in the shade. The sky has a very beautiful blue color. I imagine
