One of the more satisfying harvests we've experienced has been potatoes from our potato barrel. It's like digging for treasure. Unfortunately we yielded a very small harvest compared to what we've seen elsewhere online. Why? We're not 100% sure. It could be the black barrel retaining too much heat, the starter potatoes we purchased (and probably kept too long before planting), not enough/too much water, or not a good ratio/quality of potting soil and peat mix.
We're definitely going to try container potatoes again next season and play around with some of those variables. The potato barrel saved us some space for other crops, and prevented us from thinking about pests or diseases common with potatoes. We've heard from our friend Rachel at Elemental Green that a version has worked extremely well in her small urban garden in Somervill, MA. Here are pictures of what treasure we did get to harvest.
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