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Has anyone seen any research on this? I searched and searched...and found a whole pile of opinion but no real scientific research to provide answers.

Me too.....what I have done is backfill the second tires with our 'soil' mix...basically bury the stems up to the top. I hope that is what I was supposed to do? :p I guess we will see the result in fall. For now the plants are doing great and not a Potato Beetle in sight!

Thanks everyone for a warm welcome :) I look forward to learning a lot, sharing what I can and making friends along the way! Gaz www.almostafarmer.com

I had read a lot about growing potatoes in tires and thought I would give it a try this year. I am trying out two stacks...they are currently just two tires high but I think we will go to at least three high. Here is how we are doing it: http://www.almostafarmer.com/potatoes-in-tires/ If...

Wonderful advice - thanks folks! Our chickens have destroyed more than their fair share of our vegetables in the past! My guess is we will hav to fence like you suggest :( Gaz www.almostafarmer.com

Thanks for your advice.... Fortunately we have a huge area for the pumpkins to run out onto and I agree, we are going to end up with a weedy mess at the end. We might try and use cardboard under one section and see what happens. Its a grand experience for us...and we are learning lots from...

lol..thanks. I am an Aussie in Maine with cute kids (or at least I think so)...so I guess I tick all the boxes. I want to learn learn learn...but want to share as well as we try out new things. Thanks for the nice welcome!

We are trying our first pumpkin path and decided to use a no-till method. we started seeds inside (they got a little leggy) then planted them in a strip using some weed mat. We have photos and a description of what we did here : http://www.almostafarmer.com/pumpkin-patch-no-till-experiment/...

Hi everyone I am in Maine and working to turn a run down property into a family farm. We are really just experimenting with growing our own food - we don't have green thumbs so its a steep learning curve. However we love to share what we learn :) Gaz www.almostafarmer.com