Potato Box

Have you ever grown potatoes in a potato box?  This box is 4′ x 4′ with four foot 2″ x 2″s in the corners.  We've put one board on each side, filled the box with a soil compost mix, planted 5 small potatoes about 4" deep and waited for them to come up.  As the plants grow we will continue to put straw and soil in the box half way up on the stems and add other boards when needed. 

Straw in tater box

I'll take pictures as the season goes by so you can watch this experiment too.  We expect at least 25 pounds of potatoes from one pound of seed potatoes.  I'm looking for ways to grow crops in smaller areas because the yard has limited sun.  Another big factor is finding easy ways to grow food.  This is a very easy way to grow potatoes.  Long growing potatoes work best like Pontiac Reds and Kennibec potatoes.  The plant kingdom seems so happy to participate in experiments.  We run out in the morning to see how much they have grown or to see new blooms to ooh and ah over and they smile back and give and give.