100Kg of Potatoes from 4m square of Lawn. Traditional Lazy Bed Method & Winter Storage. - YouTube The videographer - Fandabi Dozi - does a lot of old school Highlander content I find worth watching, so I was surprised to see this garden - based on old school 'lazy gardens' of the past. I think this is worth a few min of your time. 220 lb of spuds in 144sq ft - not bad and he shows harvesting during the grow season.
Related text only descriptions Grow Potatoes in Lazy Beds - Hobby Farms Growing Lazy Bed Potatoes (A Complete Guide) - Better Hens & Gardens (betterhensandgardens.com) with some photos Growing Potatoes..The Lazy Way! - YouTube Not lazy bed, just lazy (hilling with soil)
I think potatoes need to be in most survival gardens. It's the easiest carb to grow imho if you're not actually farming. In our area it's possible to grow them nearly year round. Does anyone grow enough corn to eat year round here in a home garden?
Spuds - even Indians thought they were good eats Utah home to earliest use of wild potato in North America | UNews
4 Corner spuds - drought resistant Indigenous Four Corners Potato Makes a Comeback | Discover Magazine Oddly - these are sold online - should you wish to raise your own/ Wild Potato, Solanum jamesii - Cultivariable Does require some care in cooking to remove toxins as these are not a 'true' potato. Four Corners Potato (clovegarden.com)
