Don’t Toss Those Nasty, Old Taters!
I don’t know about you, but I can’t seem to finish up the potatoes I get from the store. Something bad happens in that basket and those once-future french fries are good for nothing.
I used to toss ‘em. But several years ago, when I had the makings of a garden, the inedible potatoes would end up there. I’d cut up the potatoes into pieces, each containing an eye growth. Then I covered them with dirt. I was an instant potato farmer! Well…not “instant potatoes.” Ahem.
Seedsavers offers good advice about how to grow yourself some delicious spuds. I’ve never gone through the many steps it suggests. Guess I got lucky.
The ones pictured were grown in pots. Oh, the indignity!
They started out as aged, petite red potatoes from Kroger.
Julie Ranson, garden adventurer