[rickman]

1968 Monrotiller lives again, rebuilt engine finally runs smoothly, rebuilt miller unit with new sealed for life bearings instead of phossy broze bushes digs. Half the plot dug and seven rows of spuds in, some days it all just comes together. Oh and yes I probably am late with the spuds but they will catch up I hope, time to sow some more beans.

[cathangirl]

Sounds good to me; well done, Rickman
cathangirl

[Bigbadfrankie]

Sounds good to me too. Any pics and the spuds will catch up if not do better than others sat in cold wet soil for weeks.

[GrannieAnnie]

I didn't put my spuds in until today.  I usually wait until April/Easter, as our ground has been so wet and cold!!!!

[richyrich7]

I'm still putting spuds in 150 ish today, only 33 more to go yes I counted them   
Nice to see you got the old girl working 

[rickman]

Gave it another work out today, started first pull and away we went, dug another bed and loosened up 2 others that had crusted after Fridays down pour, got the onions and peas in.  Forgot the camera  will post an action shot after next outing. 

I'm still putting spuds in 150 ish today, only 33 more to go yes I counted them 

Richy, I never thought to count them, I just kept chucking them in, ended up with 7 rows 20'+ long and approx 14" between taters. Then my dad gave me a load more, I am trying some of them in compost bags with compost and shredded paper in the greenhouse at home.

[richyrich7]

  fun bit comes at harvest time    my 5 rows of maincrop  are about 15 yards or so long

[rickman]

fun bit comes at harvest time    my 5 rows of maincrop  are about 15 yards or so long

At the risk of wandering completely off topic:
Richy that is gonna be a lot of spuds, how do you store them succesfully? My maincrops from last year kept until the end of Feb/ early March but by then were starting to sprout and go soft.

[richyrich7]

fun bit comes at harvest time    my 5 rows of maincrop  are about 15 yards or so long

At the risk of wandering completely off topic:
Richy that is gonna be a lot of spuds, how do you store them succesfully? My maincrops from last year kept until the end of Feb/ early March but by then were starting to sprout and go soft.

I'll store them in paper sacks, like the farmers use or my old hen feed sacks and keep them in the garage they should keep ok. best if you can lift them in the morning and leave them out on the soil surface for at least 1/2 a day so the skins start to dry.
If I run out of bags I'll make a clamp.
But there is 9 of us in the family so a 25kg sack will last only about 3-4 weeks 

[rickman]

I'll store them in paper sacks, like the farmers use or my old hen feed sacks and keep them in the garage they should keep ok. best if you can lift them in the morning and leave them out on the soil surface for at least 1/2 a day so the skins start to dry.
If I run out of bags I'll make a clamp.
But there is 9 of us in the family so a 25kg sack will last only about 3-4 weeks 

I recycled some of the paper sacks from my mates chippy last year, my problem is the shed is not frost free, however we are still using last summers onions.

[richyrich7]

Not frost free may be a problem, ours is an integral garage so it never gets that cold.

[rickman]

Sounds good to me too. Any pics and the spuds will catch up if not do better than others sat in cold wet soil for weeks.

Spuds just starting to show, and as requested: