Food Rationing: It Will Break You Down Mentally

Plant the potatoes in dark nights in March (in Ga.) and always plant them when the signs are in the feet.

That makes NO sense..... What signs are in what feet?

I have also heard that if garden space is limited, you can plant then and as they grow, stack tires (or something) and keep filling it with dirt to keep burying the stem.

Apparently, you'll get potatoes the whole length of the stem as high as the tires are stacked.

I'm thinking of trying that this year.

The signs are the signs of the Zodiac. Like Pisces is known as the feet. Here’s a page you can look at the chart if you like. I’m not sure how to post this so you can click on it. You may have to copy and paste.

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/zodiac/

Some potato varieties will grow all along the stems no matter what they’re layered with. But, I found out by trial and error that some prefer dirt, some prefer mulch, and some like that in-between layer where the dirt and mulch intersect.

Just another reason it’s better to learn to grow things *before* your life depends on it :)

Absolutely!

This year I’m trying some tomato seeds I saved from last year. I did order some new ones, just in case, but I decided to get really serious about saving them and trying them.

I also saved a LOT of scallion seeds which I intend to start this spring.

I have some potatoes from a garden I was helping with and some of them (white ones) have sprouted but some (the red ones) have not. Since neither of them have been treated, I’m going to reserve a little space in my garden for one or two of each and see how they do with a earth/compost/old straw mixture.

That reminds me, I need to get more straw this year.

I gave a lot of thought in selecting my seeds this year, looking for plants that produce well. My biggest problem is finding snow peas that are true vines instead of semi-bush types. Seems like almost all are the shorter, bush type variety.

One year, long ago, I had vine type snow peas and the vines were about 7 feet tall and produced like nobody’s business. Much more efficient use of the garden space instead of twice as many shorter ones.

I’ve been noticing that with peas too. And not just snow peas, all peas are moving to shorter types. Pinetree had some of the taller shelling and snap types, but only a couple of them. I grabbed 3 varieties before they vanish entirely :)

I’ll have to look into that. I had ordered mine from Territorial Seed company and they substituted it as they were sold out of the vine type and they sent me the shorter ones.

I am going to contact them and try to return them.

I’m going to check the local hardware store first. They may have the vine type in stock. If not, I’ll definitely put in an order.

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