I knew I overordered potatoes from Fedco. Now they are here and we have to deal with it.
And I learned this morning that the community garden is discouraging the planting of potatoes this year due to a potato beetle infestation last year.
So two things: offer extra potatoes to family friends and get Sam to make another raised bed at home.
The new bed will be a modified hugelkultur mound. It has sides made from old slab wood, but will be filled with an initial layer of wood, then partly decomposed wood chips from previous years’ garden paths, then soil.
This new bed will have the “early” varieties. Another bed will have fingerlings. And a garden row will have the later varieties. Extras will be sent to other garden homes. Potato beetles will be dealt with this year before they get ahead of us!