Yep check out the pic of my “ex Broccoli crop” from the top paddock - well in this part of the garden it never really came off cos’ some stinking rabbit, or hare kept eating the tops off and all the leaves...
So, plowing it in and planting some spuds cos, the time is right,. There should only be a few frosts left and definitely by the time the plant emerges anyhow (That’s my farmers risk for the season; all big time farmers like me have to take risks right?).
For local crew get your “seed potatoes” from Sauers garden centre opposite the rattler – 2 kg for $5.50. Some are quite big with a few sprout points (the white 'eyes'), so I have sliced them in half. Make sure there is at least one sprout point per piece. I will leave them for a couple of weeks so the cut side seals over and the spuds sprout a bit more.
To prepare the soil, cultivate until friable - do it pretty deep like couple of hand-spans and then drag yourself a good trench through for planting. At the bottom of the trench lay a good bed of fertiliser (organic stuff like KATEC Dynamic lifter) then drag a few inches of soil over this then throw your potatoes along the trench a bit more than 1 foot apart ~ 40cm with the 'eyes' facing up. Cover them all up with soil back to ground level and wait a few weeks and they’ll be up! We should at least double, if not triple our crop!
As they grow I will need to hill the soil around them, keeping a good pile of soil covering the spuds as they don't ever want to see the light. I'll let you know the progress!
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