??Volunteers, can't be, what to call 'em...

[MiHale]

My knees and back demanded, vehemently that we not get down on hands and knees to harvest potatoes this year. So we went with grow bags, three sizes…20 gal…10 gal…5 gal. The 5 gallon was all the left over reds that didn’t fit the Red potato bag. Plus, we can see how a bag that size produces.

BUT…
Some of last year’s crop started poking their stubborn heads out of the ground. Really can’t call them volunteers they got left behind…but that doesn’t sound right…’ground potatoes’? Pomme de terre with more terre?

Potato patch…


Better view….


Volunteer?


Yes, your eyes don’t deceive you that’s zucchini growing in the patch. The placement of the bags gives us some room to try to ‘snake’ the zucchini between the openings. Some may not produce very well but these are extra plants. Zucchini is a tough plant. We’ll see.

[Leghorn21]

1. Uh--I'd call 'em

FREE LUNCH?!

I love your beautiful garden, MiHale!!

[MiHale]

5. Thank you...

Free lunch…May turn out to be…👍

[BOSSHOG]

2. Orphans who want a home?

[MiHale]

6. Ya know that was my first thought...

But then…I thought…they have been here all winter and spring so that’s home… right?

[Lilithschyld]

3. I still call them volunteers...

I love to see it! Go spuds!

[MiHale]

8. Go Spuds...love it....

The underground grow team…

[Trueblue Texan]

4. Don't you just LOVE grow bags?

I had a stand of zinnias shading out my peppers, I just moved the grow bag they were in to the other side of the yard that needed more flowers anyway. I most often put them in kiddie pools with holes in the bottom. If I put the grow bags on top of the holes, any water that falls into the pools has to saturate the grow bag before it can drain from the pool. I never have to worry about weeds and I can put them as high or low as I want to save my back. The 5 and 10 gallon bags are around 2 bucks on Amazon. I have them everywhere. Growing tons of tomatoes and peppers this year thanks to grow bags.

[MiHale]

7. We use bags for most everything...

The greenhouse has the peppers and tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots, onions, parsley all in bags. I started using them for my cannabis grows and fell in love with them. Our outside gated garden is in ground or in straw bales. They are raised and semi-raised beds. I’m trying zucchini in a 15 gallon bag next to the fence…I’m going to try to cascade it over the fence. Did it last year with Butternut squash to great success. Nice long even fruit with no ground marks.

Keep growing!