Trash Can Potatoes

In a place with no yard? Want to garden anyway? Then this might be for you!

I did this last year with AWESOME results. Trash Can Potatoes! You can grow a lot of potatoes in a trash can! Even if you only have a patio in an apartment you can do this. And the best part? You don't have to buy it all at once, so it is budget friendly!

Here is how to do it:

1) Buy a trash can (plastic is best) I found one with wheels on sale at the local hardware store
2) Take a screwdriver and a hammer and make holes on the bottom and some on the sides, about 12" up the side
3) Put a bag or two of dirt in it. I mix top soil and potting soil.  (You can add a fabric landscape liner in the bottom if you want to, it helps keep more dirt from leaking out. I did not do this and don't plan to this year either...)
4) Bury your starter potatoes & water (you can order them from SowTrue seeds in Asheville, NC, or local places like True Value and Ace Hardware stores often carry them.)
5) Water when needed
6) when the runners come up (looks like green stems coming up out of the soil) cover them with soil, leaving the leaves UNcovered, this will force them to grow more potatoes.
7) when you reach the top, at the end of the season, take a tarp or find a spot that dirt is okay and dump out the potatoes. Wash-em, and eat-em!

There are many better and more informative articles on this on the Internet, so read them first! I can tell you I had success with this great method last year! In fact, I think Sow True potatoes came with a paper on how to use this method.