Potato tyre tower put together

I put the potato tyre tower together a few days ago, using straw as the growing medium.  Now we wait!

Written by The Little Green House on September 9th, 2006 with no comments.
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Spuds!

Well, the main crop potatoes are now up - pleased to say we have filled three full sacks (lovely hessian sacks from the Organic Catalogue people that smell like old garden sheds).

We have been a bit remiss with the weeding as we may be moving away, so don’t know if we will be able to keep this plot after Christmas, consequently the plot looks a bit wild. I am determined not to pass it on to the next person in to bad a state though.

The squash and courgettes continue to fill our cupboards, and we now have a steady supply of tomatoes - most of which get roasted and turned into sauce (see Giles’ post below).

I will post up my favorite Madha Jaffrey squash/pumpkin soup recipe later.

Written by exmonkey on September 9th, 2006 with 4 comments.
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Potato tyre tower

I hope I’m not too late for late potatoes, but the weather’s still quite warm so…

Today I went to the local tyre-fitting shop and asked for 5 old tyres to make a tyre tower with.  I’ve dropped them off at the allotment and am going back tomorrow morning to plant my potatoes.  I found these simple instructions for a tyre tower at the Ravenswood Community Garden website.

If you have some old car tyres you can grow some potatoes.
Spread some newspaper on the ground.
Stack two tyres on the newspaper, and fill them with straw or soil.
Bury ten potatoes in the straw or soil and water your tyre tower.

When potato sprouts peep through, add another tyre and fill up with more straw or soil. Keep doing this as your potatoes grow, until you have at least four, five or six tyres in your tower. After the plants flower, take the tower apart and count your potatoes.

Photographs to follow and potatoes for December (I hope).

Written by The Little Green House on September 4th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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