A Ridiculously Easy Way to Grow Potatoes!

Today we are going to be planting our potatoes What if the world had more of your smile What if the wind could spread your love? What if your sweetness could reach everyone there be no wars Hey friends, it's Jen welcome to the sunshine farm today is May Something May 8th, right? And it's cold. It's way too cold for me. It's like 40 something degrees and I'm shivering and I brought my peppers outside, but I probably shouldn't have because it's not even 50 degrees but Never know what you're gonna get and this spring is just a crummy one today. We are going to be planting our potatoes oh And that breeze is so cold Okay, so we have a lot of potatoes. I already planted a bunch of potatoes between the garlic section So between the the low tunnels now, we're gonna be planting potatoes really really the easy way We're just gonna be taking up some tarp that we've been using to Kill off the weeds in an area of the original garden and we're just gonna put a bunch of potatoes in the soil and put some Hay over it. It's super simple We'll show you guys what we're doing kind of using the Ruth stout method to plant potatoes. That's all we do We don't ever bound potatoes or anything like that We keep it really simple and it works for us. It feeds us for the year We always have plenty of potatoes and it's easy peasy lemon squeezy So let's get going I want to show you guys these ridiculous potatoes that we are going to be starting with because These are ones that we harvested last year and they sprouted like crazy in our basement So we're gonna just go ahead and plant those. I don't have high hopes for them We have some beautiful looking seed potatoes from Hudson Valley seed company and those are our main Potato crop this year. Not really sure where we're gonna plant those. We'll see. We'll see what happens Birds will sing Maybe the trees will whisper the word Maybe the Sun will spread your joy to the ones who lost their home. Okay Quick detour we are gonna move the chicken fencing. We don't have any chickens in there right now So we're gonna take up the premier one fencing and just kind of get that to the side Because there's a big area we could plant in That fencing that would be really good for potatoes because the chickens have been on it. So let's get that done Do you recall when we were young, running from all things at once, without thinking twice, and I knew it was too late So we have these potatoes They were sitting in a 5-gallon bucket and they have some gnarly sprouts on them, but they're great. They're actually great seed potatoes So I'm just gonna spread them out Maybe like 6 to 12 inches apart in this pile and then just pile the hay on top and they will grow right through So I'll time lapse it so you can see my process, but these were just sitting in the basement they're not like prized seed potatoes or anything like that and We don't really have the time or the space to plant these out perfectly So the goal right now is just to get them down on the ground get the hay on top so that we can grow something With this instead of just composting it. So I've got this big pile right here. These are all seed potatoes Some really nice sized ones Some like tiny little puny fingerling ones But I'm just gonna spread them all out in this area and then take this hay which came right out of our goat pen And it's gonna go right on top of these potatoes Searching for something that ain't lost Have we got it? our lines crossed We're wasting time with stuff that doesn't really matter While wishing for something better Try to fix things That weren't broken Misunderstandings and words unspoken We fall apart And I won't dare to say Do you feel the same way? Maybe you don't see what you have in front of you Maybe I'm not enough for you So maybe I should know if I had known from the start this wouldn't have ended with broken hearts Cuz I don't wanna waste my time Okay, I'm gonna show you what it looks like when the potatoes are coming up so here we have some volunteer potatoes and They're just coming up right through the hay as you can see So these guys as I mentioned they're volunteers Which means that we missed some potatoes last year when we were harvesting and they just decided to sprout and grow this year So we'll have so many potatoes we have Three one two three three sections in this bed right behind me with the low tunnels And then we have that big section in the front over there that that one that I planted That bucket of potatoes and then that big section in the back where I just planted the Hudson Valley seed company potatoes By the way, the varieties of Hudson Valley seed company potatoes that I planted I'm gonna put right here so you can see what I planted for the first time. I'm growing a russet potato I'm hoping these are gonna be great for things like fries fries and mashed potatoes So it says that they're great resistant to flea beetles and Colorado potato beetles Which is awesome because we have both of those like crazy. This is called King Henry potato I got some Adirondack blue. It's they're so beautiful. I love having bluer purple potatoes I feel like their flavor is so much better, too One of my favorites to grow is like a gold potato or like a butter ball potato This one's a cute gold, which is a rival of Yukon gold I also got magic Molly, which is a purple fingerling type and then this one is called upstate abundance and it is Just small uniform potatoes that yield all season long So we'll see we'll see how this goes. But thanks to Hudson Valley Seiko. We used to have some beautiful beautiful seed potatoes We've actually always gotten a really good yield planting them this way. I know it seems a little crazy It seems a little haphazard Not very organized but it yields good results and we have lots of potatoes all year long Okay, friends. There you have it. There's a super easy way of planting potatoes I will give you an update with our potato harvest that you can see how easy it is to grow potatoes literally, just put them down on some soil put a bunch of really nice rotted hay on top and Harvest them once they're ready But it's been a long day outside I'm pretty wiped it's gonna be time for me to pump again soon and time for Rest so let's go inside. I'm going to hang out with my family hang out with baby Kai and I'll see you guys soon