Organic gardening 2025

[akroberts]

Here's a picture of my small raised metal bed

 

[akroberts]

I'm thinking about putting some potatoes in the bed in the picture above. I'm just not sure if it's deep enough for the potatoes. I have a few inches from the top of the bed so hopefully I can make it work for me.

 

[R2elk]

I'm thinking about putting some potatoes in the bed in the picture above. I'm just not sure if it's deep enough for the potatoes. I have a few inches from the top of the bed so hopefully I can make it work for me.

I grew potatoes in a 6" deep plastic bin. They did better for me than the ones I grew in a 5 gallon bucket.

 

[ducks4you]

Mix in 1/2 soil, 1/2 straw. They grow better. I have grown them in just soil, and I have been disappointed. My MIL(1920-1998, RIP)'s 2nd husband, she had been a widower, was an avid gardener and HE grew His potatoes this way. We always had a ton of potato harvest.

 

[akroberts]

I placed 2 small potatoes in the small bed. I'm trying to find something around my place to cover the bed with because the cats are a serious problem. It doesn't help that the neighbors insist on feeding them too.

 

[Dahlia]

I placed 2 small potatoes in the small bed. I'm trying to find something around my place to cover the bed with because the cats are a serious problem. It doesn't help that the neighbors insist on feeding them too.

I just copied a couple ideas off the Internet for you:
"Use smells cats dislike
Cats dislike the smell of many plants and herbs, including rue, lavender, pennyroyal, Coleus canina, and lemon thyme. You can also try sprinkling dried rue, or placing orange or lemon peels in the soil. Other scents that repel cats include garlic, ammonia, vinegar, coffee grinds, pipe tobacco, mustard, citronella, or eucalyptus."

"Use ultrasonic devices
These devices emit a high-frequency alarm that's irritating to cats but inaudible to humans. Place the device so that it faces the garden and detects animals with a motion sensor. "

 

[akroberts]

I just copied a couple ideas off the Internet for you:
"Use smells cats dislike
Cats dislike the smell of many plants and herbs, including rue, lavender, pennyroyal, Coleus canina, and lemon thyme. You can also try sprinkling dried rue, or placing orange or lemon peels in the soil. Other scents that repel cats include garlic, ammonia, vinegar, coffee grinds, pipe tobacco, mustard, citronella, or eucalyptus."

"Use ultrasonic devices
These devices emit a high-frequency alarm that's irritating to cats but inaudible to humans. Place the device so that it faces the garden and detects animals with a motion sensor. "

Thanks for the info. I have some small onions and garlic so I will definitely try these

 

[akroberts]

I wanted to get back to the garden but today and tomorrow we are only going to be in the fifties. It's too cold for doing much of anything so I guess I have to get busy in the house.

 

[flowerbug]

50'sF is prime exercise and gardening time. if you can talk yourself into getting going you will soon find out it is plenty warm enough... just thinking out loud here... good luck...

 

[fuzzi]

I placed 2 small potatoes in the small bed. I'm trying to find something around my place to cover the bed with because the cats are a serious problem. It doesn't help that the neighbors insist on feeding them too.

I lay fencing on top of my freshly planted beds.