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potatoes in straw

-- [ From: nonayobusiness * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --

I have planted potatoes by doing this:  I made a cylinder out of chicken
wire & planted potatoes in the dirt at the bottom.  I used potatoes from
the grocery store that were starting to sprout.  Then, when the plants were
coming up, I would dump all my weeds and some kitchen waste into the
cylinder, with a little dirt, too.  I would sort of sprinkle the stuff down
so as not to hurt the plants coming up.  A couple of times we sprinkled
some horse manure and their bedding in there too, but just a little bit. 
We got lots of potatoes in a little garden space.  They were pretty clean
and some were much bigger than anything you get in the store.  I would not
use the newspaper that has the color inks, because these may still be
harmful.  The black and white parts are supposed to be OK.  -Lauren B.
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