“Will keep you posted on the progress through the spring”
I am anxious to hear how this works out for you. Was thinking of trying it myself. It’s a bit early for me to start (and besides, my potato starts haven’t arrived yet)
I will let you know about the trash bag taters. But, if you want to do yours this way then you can get started as soon as you get some seed taters. I typically plant my taters after the full moon in February, unless the full moon comes in the last week of January then I do them Feb 1.
For these in the trash bags, I planted after the full moon in January so it was a month earlier than usual. They seemed like they took a long time to come up but they are going like crazy now that they are up.
Here's a link to tell you how to do this.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/676503/diy_grow_your_own_potatoes_in_small.html