Once our potatoes are out of the ground we like to take them inside our garage and lay them out on our makeshift table to dry. Of course it would be even better if you could set them on some kind of screen to improve the air circulation, but we simply grow way too many [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Garden’
Preparing and storing Potatoes
October 14th, 2011 
Rick 
Posted in Traditional Gardening 
Tags: Garden, Gardening, Potatoes, self reliance, Self Sufficiency 
6 Comments »Digging Main Crop Potatoes
October 13th, 2011 Rick Any one that is really serious about being self reliant has to include potatoes in their garden. I have read authors who say at least a 1/3 of your total garden space needs to be reserved for potatoes. That can be a lot of space. The good thing about potatoes is they are really a [...]
Posted in Traditional Gardening Tags: Garden, Gardening, Potatoes, self reliance, Self Sufficiency 1 Comment »Early October 2011 in the Garden
October 8th, 2011 Rick Things are starting to wind down from the summer here at Stoney Acres. The plants are looking spent and we are getting the last of the warm season produce. Here’s a quick tour of what’s going on in the garden. The tomatoes are still ripening and the plants really look pretty good. There is some [...]
Year Round Gardening Series Part 2
September 10th, 2011 Rick Part two of our winter gardening series will focus on bed preparation and location. I have three 4 x 8 foot beds that are covered in the winter by cold frames and 2 more raised boxes, also 4 x 8, that we cover with hoop houses. These beds are used very intensely through out the [...]
Harvest Monday 9-5-2011
September 5th, 2011 Rick Late August and Early September is the big harvest time around Stoney Acres. I’ve decided to participate in Daphne’s Monday Harvest series. Each Monday I will post a quick report on what we harvested the prior week around our place. I’m not really big on weighting every little thing that comes out of the garden. I tried [...]
