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To: Diana in Wisconsin

HA! We are moving to Wisconsin. N GA property is very expensive. Everybody and their brother wants to move there. The red clay is great for growing crops. It’s a pain to try to till up though. That’s why a lot of people do raised beds including me. I get an incredible yield of potatoes out of 5 gallon buckets.


87 posted on 11/27/2017 7:32:48 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

When my boys were little we’d grow potatoes in stacks of old tires. (’Farmer Grandpa’ always had old tires!) One tire, fill with dirt and 6 potatoes - let it grow, add another tire and more dirt, throw in a few more potatoes, and let it grow.

We’d get 6-8 tires stacked up, and when they were ready to harvest, we’d push the stack over and have at it. Nice, clean potatoes...though you probably don’t want the stack-o-tires right on your front lawn, LOL!

(We kept ours behind the barn in a sunny spot, near the compost pile.)


88 posted on 11/27/2017 7:42:13 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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