tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post2760422920337655655..comments2008-05-12T17:09:30.267-04:00Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-90285807416493859772008-05-12T17:09:00.000-04:002008-05-12T17:09:00.000-04:00Grandmother Wren<BR/>Good to see you back again. They are coming along well. Will be posting an update when the second tires go on. Shouldn't be too much longer. <BR/><BR/>Terrell,<BR/>Yep Potatoes would have been better! ;)Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-50317954171681934842008-05-12T17:00:00.000-04:002008-05-12T17:00:00.000-04:00When we had our cleanup of the school woods last fall I volunteered to haul to the dump the six tires we lugged from the woods. It turned out I had to pay a buck or so0 apiece to dispose of them. I could have saved my six bucks and had 25 pounds of spuds to boot!!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your continued support of Learning in the Great Outdoors.Terrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04349990421673327619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-13707239570116498242008-05-12T16:13:00.000-04:002008-05-12T16:13:00.000-04:00hello, hello!<BR/>I'm back again, this time from the Learning in the Great Outdoors carnival. How are those potatoes coming along?Grandmother Wrenhttp://grandmotherwren.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-34975598533328686352008-04-21T17:36:00.000-04:002008-04-21T17:36:00.000-04:00Aaron <BR/>The main appeal to me is it is less labor intensive, but it also is a huge space saver. <BR/><BR/>Yields are suppose to be higher. Most of the tires only needed one seed potato. If I get 25 lbs from each stack that is an awesome yield.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-1382535443209452892008-04-21T13:43:00.000-04:002008-04-21T13:43:00.000-04:00I'm looking forward to seeing how your experiment turns out. What is the advantage to using tires over a traditional garden bed?Aaron Stroudhttp://www.onfinancialsuccess.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-64522165684169046392008-04-17T17:12:00.000-04:002008-04-17T17:12:00.000-04:00Rose,<BR/>The article in Back Woods Home says the all the chemicals are too tightly bound to leach into the soil. The tires don't break down.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-3626717292254079852008-04-17T15:50:00.000-04:002008-04-17T15:50:00.000-04:00Great idea, but is there anything that might leach out of the tires and into the soil (and therefore, into the potatoes)? <BR/>Rose<BR/>http://learningathome.freedomblogging.comRose Godfreyhttp://learningathome.freedomblogging.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-75098531611097518032008-04-16T18:02:00.000-04:002008-04-16T18:02:00.000-04:00This is a very neat idea. I haven't heard of it before. You'll have to update us with how it goes.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621146993115530609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-31376420877056772692008-04-16T06:52:00.000-04:002008-04-16T06:52:00.000-04:00Alexandra,<BR/>I looked for seed potatoes at a couple stores that carry garden items with no luck. finally found them at a local farm feed store. I plan to save my own for next year.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-8767949478845555432008-04-15T22:00:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:00:00.000-04:00Look forward to seeing these grow. Thanks for the info. I'll have to search for some seed potatoes online. I've planted a few store bought ones with eyes, and they never grew, except for the ones in the mulch pile is the deep shade?! Those were just garden trash, but they grew into mini-taters.Alexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356420873078531863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-34992538464440031872008-04-15T21:24:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:24:00.000-04:00I can't wait to see how it turns out! If we ever do potatoes, it'll likely be in one of these sorts of containers rather than in hillsRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-91356176329495126042008-04-15T16:31:00.000-04:002008-04-15T16:31:00.000-04:00yep it is a lot of taters, but it is for my large family and my parents. It won't be enough for a full year. <BR/><BR/>Angie,<BR/>Dry, dark, cool, but not freezing. A traditional root cellar or a unfinished section of a basement. We don't have a basement, but I did store what we got under the house for a few months. In a tub in the garage might work. I've also read plans of making your own hole storage in the yard. I'll have to look up more on that.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411714132368771649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-2341732723827066442008-04-15T15:36:00.000-04:002008-04-15T15:36:00.000-04:00That's a lot of 'taters! Mike's parents grow potatoes each year, but not quite that many. I've never heard of the tire method, but I'm interested to see how it works!Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10720538592229420776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624471.post-2506300020468135372008-04-15T10:11:00.000-04:002008-04-15T10:11:00.000-04:00Great idea, Stephanie! Now I'm gonna have to scrounge up some old tires. That would be awesome to get 25# of taters from each stack. That would last us until next season! Any ideas how you plan to store these when harvested? That would be my only problem with that many taters!Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15271684664948149274noreply@blogger.com