Comments on: Growing Potatoes In Containers http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/ Food for the Progressive Soul Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: biscuit http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-513 biscuit Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:56:51 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-513 I really enjoy his site. Very, very nice. And yours - great link list and I can tell I'd love the posts but it's one of the blogspot blogs that makes my browser crash. :( not happy! I really enjoy his site. Very, very nice.

And yours – great link list and I can tell I’d love the posts but it’s one of the blogspot blogs that makes my browser crash. :( not happy!

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Asinus Asinum Fricat Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:50:29 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-510 I went there today and read 4 of his posts. Tremendous energy and lots of good hints. I take it he lives in Manhattan and commutes to PA on the weekends. I went there today and read 4 of his posts. Tremendous energy and lots of good hints. I take it he lives in Manhattan and commutes to PA on the weekends.

]]> By: Monkeyfister http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Monkeyfister Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:36:38 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-509 I'd HOPE So! --mf I’d HOPE So!

–mf

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Asinus Asinum Fricat Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:25:40 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-461 Would he, if we asked him nicely, cross-post here? Would he, if we asked him nicely, cross-post here?

]]> By: Monkeyfister http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Monkeyfister Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:10:58 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-456 Ke Xu's posts at the LATOC Forum as as cute and energetic, and motivating as can be! --mf Ke Xu’s posts at the LATOC Forum as as cute and energetic, and motivating as can be!

–mf

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Asinus Asinum Fricat Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:55:04 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-451 I've bookmarked Ke Xu's blog and will visit him to morrow. He's got some interesting stuff on his site. I’ve bookmarked Ke Xu’s blog and will visit him to morrow. He’s got some interesting stuff on his site.

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Asinus Asinum Fricat Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:51:49 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-450 In Sydney I grew beans and tomatoes in wooden wine boxes I collected from our restaurant. I grew an impressive array of herbs as well. Once I caught my little boy, who was two at the time, talking and singing to the boxes. He thought it made it grow bigger. He wasn't far form the truth! In Sydney I grew beans and tomatoes in wooden wine boxes I collected from our restaurant. I grew an impressive array of herbs as well. Once I caught my little boy, who was two at the time, talking and singing to the boxes. He thought it made it grow bigger. He wasn’t far form the truth!

]]> By: biscuit http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-435 biscuit Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:51:02 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-435 OMG, he's in the same situation I'm in. We like to call ourselves rock farmers here. :lol: I've compensated by doing a combination lasagna and square foot style gardening with raised beds here and there. Trying to plant trees is the real test, though. I use a hammer and spike, and inevitably hit a boulder in the very spot I want the tree. I'll definitely check his site out. And it sounds ike a good one to add to the blogroll! OMG, he’s in the same situation I’m in.

We like to call ourselves rock farmers here. :lol: I’ve compensated by doing a combination lasagna and square foot style gardening with raised beds here and there.

Trying to plant trees is the real test, though. I use a hammer and spike, and inevitably hit a boulder in the very spot I want the tree.

I’ll definitely check his site out. And it sounds ike a good one to add to the blogroll!

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Asinus Asinum Fricat Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:48:11 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-434 Don't worry about the read more thinghy. This is a great addition, I love diaries about planting. Ms AAF does most of the gardening and she will be chuffed by your piece today! Don’t worry about the read more thinghy.

This is a great addition, I love diaries about planting. Ms AAF does most of the gardening and she will be chuffed by your piece today!

]]> By: Monkeyfister http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Monkeyfister Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:46:19 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/12/growing-potatoes-in-containers/#comment-433 Good luck, Brother! If you follow that second link, you'll see how it all works with pictures and everything. Ke Xu is a really enthusiastic amateur Permaculturist/Gardener, and is only just starting, so, he is a GREAT example to follow along for our good readers' beginning journeys. He's got it rough, as he's enriching existing soil, which is FILLED with rocks and clay, instead of doing raised beds, and building soil above the existing dirt. Back-breaking, but, rewarding. It's been really cool seeing how he's gone from a teeny-tiny garden to something much bigger. His site is: http://backtowilderness.blogspot.com Go give him some encouragement, everyone-- I am his only commenter! BTW-- there is NOTHING that cannot be grown in containers. Just pick your containers to fit the plant you want to grow-- Carrots need something a bit deeper, Tomatoes need a five gallon pot, grow cukes out of window box containers, and make a frame so the cukes can grow up strings-- same thing with pole beans, and other vining things like squashes. Heck-- grow cantaloupes in the same way-- use old nylons or rags to make a "basket" to support the fruit. Just mind the "THIN TO" spacing on the seed packet, and plant the seeds to that spacing. --mf Good luck, Brother!

If you follow that second link, you’ll see how it all works with pictures and everything. Ke Xu is a really enthusiastic amateur Permaculturist/Gardener, and is only just starting, so, he is a GREAT example to follow along for our good readers’ beginning journeys.

He’s got it rough, as he’s enriching existing soil, which is FILLED with rocks and clay, instead of doing raised beds, and building soil above the existing dirt. Back-breaking, but, rewarding. It’s been really cool seeing how he’s gone from a teeny-tiny garden to something much bigger.

His site is: http://backtowilderness.blogspot.com

Go give him some encouragement, everyone– I am his only commenter!

BTW– there is NOTHING that cannot be grown in containers. Just pick your containers to fit the plant you want to grow– Carrots need something a bit deeper, Tomatoes need a five gallon pot, grow cukes out of window box containers, and make a frame so the cukes can grow up strings– same thing with pole beans, and other vining things like squashes. Heck– grow cantaloupes in the same way– use old nylons or rags to make a “basket” to support the fruit.

Just mind the “THIN TO” spacing on the seed packet, and plant the seeds to that spacing.

–mf

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