Potato Tower Update

Hi All! 

I thought I would give a brief update on my 

potato tower experiment.

Grandma has been dying for me to tear it open the

entire summer. She could seriously not wait until the

Fall was here. I prevailed, though, and waited until October.

There were parsnips on top, then layers of red and white potatoes

underneath. I learned that I need to use hardware cloth or at

least something that doesn't stretch, because my layers settled

and settled and settled. What should have been a tall cylinder ended

up being a short, fat blob.

I love this picture of Grandma being Vanna White to the potato tower. Google her. =D

I was also concerned because there was so much green growth.

I was afraid all the growing energy had gone to the plant and

that were no potatoes in there at all.

Surprise! There were potatoes.

Not as many as I hoped, but about 25 pounds none the less.

Grandma and I dug all that we could, but were both too

 wimpy to dig the bottom layer.

That's where about half of the potatoes were hiding.

I got about double what you see here.

In all, I consider my experiment a success.

I will do it again, taking what I learned this year.

I will use hardware cloth and probably do two

towers: one for white, one for red, and put a crop on top

of each.

So there you are- the saga of the potato tower.

Hope you are well! 'Love you tons!

Mom