Taters in a Barrel

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March/April 1980
 
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Come September, when it's time to gather your May-planted crop, you can forget about your spading fork. Simply tilt the barrel over on Its side, give it a shake or two to get things moving, and pour out the most beautiful crop of luscious spuds you've ever seen! And-after you've taken those terrific taters from their nest you'll have some mighty fine organic material left over to work into your garden soil. But plantin' time !s coming on, and seed potato stocks are often limited ... so you'd better get crackin' if you want to raise a banquet In a barrel!

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EDITOR'S NOTE: You can order certified seed potatoes from Park's Seeds, Dept. TMEN, Greenwood, South Carolina 29647 (Red McClure and Russet Burbank varieties, $2.95 plus 65d handling for enough to plant a 25-foot row). . . Jung's Seeds, Dept. TMEN, Randolph, Wisconsin 53956 ($3.95plus 75d service charge for approximately 50 potato "sets "of Kennebec, Norland, and Superior ... and $4.75 for a like quantity of the new BelRus cultivar) . . . Gurney Seeds, Dept. TMEN, Yankton, South Dakota 57079 ($3.98 plus 70d handling for sets of Norland, Kennebec, Norchip, Irish Cobbler, Red Pontiac, and Norgold Russet ... and $4.25 plus handling for Bake King). And, for organic growers, there's the spudmelster of Aspen: Wilton's Organic Potatoes, Dept. TMEN, Box 28, Aspen, Colorado 81811 ($5.00-plus $2.50 shipping-for five pounds of Norland, Norgoid, or a mixture of the two).

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  • George 4/6/2009 12:50:17 AM

    Are you using green/fresh/new/just-in-from-the-sawyer sawdust or stuff that has been sitting around for a year or more?

  • c. 7/17/2007 5:19:59 PM

    my spuds look good so far. barrels are full as of first of july

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