Planting Potatoes

The potatoes have been 'chitting' at home since early January and as you can see above, they have sprouted quite a lot and were definitely ready for planting.


My method of planting potatoes this year was to first dig three trenches and put grass clippings into the bottom of each trench (see above). I then place a layer of newspaper over the grass and put the potatoes on top (see below). This method is supposed to help retain moisture in the trenches and provided added nutrients for the potatoes.


I then filled the trenches in and made low mounds of soil to give added depth to the potatoes (see below).


The first few rows of peas are now all starting to come up, and germination looks good so far.


Also the first few spears of Asparagus are starting to come through. It will be a few more weeks yet before they'll be ready for picking, but it's exciting to see them start to appear.


The Rhubarb is very nearly ready for picking now, it's growing so quickly at the moment.