Organic Gardening

[AmorInfinito8]

Shit in a bucket.. plant the bucket.. watch bucket grow😉

Your actually not that far off the mark!!

Cherry tomatoes are brill and easy to grow x

If you do potatoes : once the leaves grow out of the soil about 5-10 inches , put more

soil at the base , around the stalk . : repeat 3 - 4 times during growth phase = abundance of harvest .

Potatoes grow ‘fruiting’ branches off their stalk :: the more time you raise the level of soil ,

the more underground off-shoots = more tubers .

Harvest once leaves start to yellow / dry up .


Beans / running beans also one of the easiest to grow : low maintenance , abundant harvest .

For runners : build a trellis :: three / four 2m poles staked into the ground about 2 feet apart ,

tie them all at the top : makes a solid secure structure for the weight of Abundant harvest .

/ drop 3 - 4 beans in the soil at base of each pole .

Beans also pretty when in flower x


Celery will protect your tomatoes from bugs ;

Marigolds also pest repellent .

Look into ‘sister planting’

Do the ‘sacred three’ lol >> corn , bean , and squash :: corn provides trellis for running bean ,

broad leaves of squash provides shade for weed control / moisture preservation

^^^ don’t know if that’d work here in Ireland 🇮🇪 x

No disrespect Steph

but I found it funny telling an Irish man how to grow potatoes/Spuds

charlie82 wasn't far off the mark
Spuds can be grown in almost anything (human faeces)
although I wouldn't be so sure about the taste!!


Love this movie

the ultimate test of Human endurance on the greatest challenge of exploration

[Stephanie]

Your actually not that far off the mark!!



No disrespect Steph

but I found it funny telling an Irish man how to grow potatoes/Spuds

charlie82 wasn't far off the mark
Spuds can be grown in almost anything (human faeces)
although I wouldn't be so sure about the taste!!


Love this movie

the ultimate test of Human endurance on the greatest challenge of exploration

None taken x


That IS funny lol that I’d think to give advice on spuds beyond sh*t-bucket !!






To my defense ( not that there’s Any 😂 ! ) :: there could be regional differences

Seen it done v diff in Himalayas , or in my backyard xx

Sure you know best for here



There’s also the ‘no dig’ method of gardening : just drop the spuds and they will root down :

No care needed .

You also won’t have anywhere near as much at harvest as you would’ve if done properly :

: ‘hilling up’ during growth season

Every day is a school day - for me

[AmorInfinito8]

None taken x


That IS funny lol that I’d think to give advice on spuds beyond sh*t-bucket !!






To my defense ( not that there’s Any 😂 ! ) :: there could be regional differences

Seen it done v diff in Himalayas , or in my backyard xx

Sure you know best for here



There’s also the ‘no dig’ method of gardening : just drop the spuds and they will root down :

No care needed .

You also won’t have anywhere near as much at harvest as you would’ve if done properly :

: ‘hilling up’ during growth season

Every day is a school day - for me

The history of the potato and Ireland go back centuries

I'm not from the farming community but I've Laboured lifting Spuds many a time as a kid

It's our national vegetable 🇨🇮

Well in my view anyway dispite it's bitter history and being used as a device of control


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)

[Stephanie]

Sweetheart ,

I am Well aware of the Irish / potato history .

The blight and the English manufactured Famine : was it 1848 ?

And subsequent Emigration of Irish ☘️ taking a clump of dirt .

Population plummeted between starvation and fleeing the country .


But as good human beings we ALL can learn something new every day

Even you ? X