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<blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2119916" data-attributes="member: 1242"><p>OK ... I got me some opaque white 55-gal barrels that I'm about to cut the top off of and make into potato barrels. My plan is to drill some drainage holes in the bottom, put in a couple inches of gravel (as much to keep them from scooting across the patio in the wind as to provide drainage), add a couple inches of dirt and cover with some hay/dirt from the pile of BEAUTIFUL half-composted bedding outta the chickens run ... I've seen barrels that folks have used garden soil in and they didn't work out too well. Mostly because the soil was too compacted, I think. Hopefully, I'll have better results with a dirt/half-rotten hay mixture and when I dump them at the end of the season, I'll have lots of potatoes! </p><p></p><p>I'm toying with cutting some holes in the sides (like strawberry planters have) and planting some everlasting onions on the sides ... Wonder if that would make my potatoes taste oniony?? Or my onions taste potatoe-y?? <img src="/images/smilies/headscratch.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":scratch:" title="Headscratch :scratch:" data-shortname=":scratch:" /> <img src="/images/smilies/wink2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink2 :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /> Just to see if I can get double duty outta the barrels ...</p><p></p><p>Wish me luck!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BadgeBunny, post: 2119916, member: 1242"] OK ... I got me some opaque white 55-gal barrels that I'm about to cut the top off of and make into potato barrels. My plan is to drill some drainage holes in the bottom, put in a couple inches of gravel (as much to keep them from scooting across the patio in the wind as to provide drainage), add a couple inches of dirt and cover with some hay/dirt from the pile of BEAUTIFUL half-composted bedding outta the chickens run ... I've seen barrels that folks have used garden soil in and they didn't work out too well. Mostly because the soil was too compacted, I think. Hopefully, I'll have better results with a dirt/half-rotten hay mixture and when I dump them at the end of the season, I'll have lots of potatoes! I'm toying with cutting some holes in the sides (like strawberry planters have) and planting some everlasting onions on the sides ... Wonder if that would make my potatoes taste oniony?? Or my onions taste potatoe-y?? :scratch: :wink2: Just to see if I can get double duty outta the barrels ... Wish me luck!! [/QUOTE]
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