I guess when it comes to the potatoe lazyness is a learning experience, either that, or absent mindedness is, anyway, can't remember.
I left my lowly spuds in the ground over the winter, it was a very cold winter too with temperatures down to minus 20 or lower on many days.
So I wents to plants me some taters, and I found a couple that looked like they were just picked fresh in the fall!

What that means to me is that in a survival situation, one could quite possibly bury potatoes in the ground and have them stay fresh (and possibly alive, I waiting to see if the eyes sprout, I think they will) If the potatoe is alive that is really good because you could keep yourself in potatoes year after year without requiring heating so they don't die.

The potatoe is a wonder food crop, lots a food in a little space, full of good starch, and they taste great sliced into sticks and boiled in oil and then covered with a pureed tomatoe sauce, mmm, mmm!



I also thought I was a bad garlic grower, the garlic seemed to die on me, I guess they don't like being planted in the spring, but LO and BEHOLD, the garlic came back after the winter!



And so did the onions! I left the onions because they were too small (and lazyness) now they are back with a vengeance!
Look at these, and it is only May 7th!



So, Let's plant some bloody potatoes then.
Let's do it.
This year I am being lazy, and planting the whole bloody potatoe, it's not like I am short of them, I have lots.
Usually I would cut the eye out into blocks at least about 4cm on each edge.
So, till your dirt, shove in your spuds.

 

Then cover them over until the eyes are buried.



Then, wait for potatoes.

For more potatoes rip off a few leaves and bury the naked stems under more dirt, everyone loves the thought of more potatoes.

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