Today's haul!

I planted 0.4 kilograms of Russian Banana seed potatoes in 3 square meters of my ainneor. Today's yield was 22.9 kilograms! That's crazy! I cannot believe how productive this variety planted in a traditional ainneor is!

I now know how to grow potatoes. Now I need to learn how to store them and how to eat A LOT of them.

Tråd 4/4

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#Oregon

Wildfire smoke, be damned! I'm digging spuds, today!

This is last 3 square meters of the 5 sq. meter ainneor (lazy bed) I planted with potatoes in late April.

This variety is a fingerling potato called "Russian Banana." It is supposed to be excellent for potato salads.

Usually, the deer leave the foliage alone but they have been munching away at it for the last few weeks. (Lots of hot, dry weather, here.)

Tråd 1/4

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#ainneor
#LazyBed
#GrowFood
#Oregon

This morning, I harvested Dark Red Norland potatoes I planted in an ainneor (lazy bed).

On 30 April, I planted 2 kg of seed potatoes in a 2 sq. meter section of the ainneor. Today's harvest yielded 16.8 kg. Since I have only grown potatoes a few times in the last 30+ years, I don't know if this is a typical yield or not.

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#potato
#ainneor
#FoodTraditions
#GrowFood
#Oregon

Tråd 1/2

Hey, potato growers! What is the smallest-sized new potato you bother cooking up?

Thanks!
Tak!
Go raibh maith 'ad!

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#fata

Spud Digging Eve

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#FoodTraditions
#GrowFood
#Oregon

Fata (Potato) Update

Nine weeks after planting.

The plant growth of the Dark Red Norlands (the two square meters of potatoes on the right) is just starting to die back. I'm guessing they will be ready to dig in the next week or two.

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#potato
#ainneor
#FoodTraditions
#GrowFood
#Oregon

Fata Update

Seven weeks after planting.

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#potato
#ainneor
#FoodTraditions
#Oregon

Fata Update

Six weeks after planting.

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#ainneor
#FoodTraditions
#Oregon

Fata Update

About five weeks after planting.

I find it fascinating how different the foliage is in form and color between two varieties of potatoes. (See the second photo -- Russian Banana Fingerlings on the left, Dark Red Norlands on the right.)

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#potato
#ainneor
#FoodTraditions
#Oregon

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There's a lot of information available about the initial digging of ainneor (a lazy bed). What are some traditional ways of maintaining it?

I plan to plant fava beans (broad beans) as an over-winter cover crop to minimize the erosion of soil into the ditches that surround the ainneor.

Next year, do I just use a garden fork to break up the soil of the bed a bit, then shovel any soil that did erode down back up onto the bed?

Any tips from people who grow food in lazy beds?

Fata Update

Three weeks after planting.

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#oregon

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Time to plant fataí (potatoes)!

Place the seed potatoes in the gaps between the sods (not under them). Chop up some soil in the trenches and shovel it into the gaps between the sods to fill them and cover the potatoes.

5/x

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#Oregon

My first attempt at digging and planting ainneor (a lazy bed). My initial outline cut will be 1.5 meters wide to end up with a 1 meter wide bed (hopefully?). We'll see how this goes...

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#kartoffel
#fata
#potato
#Oregon