It isn't much of a harvest, somewhere between a quart and a half gallon of yukon golds and Purple Adirondack potatoes. It was our own inattention that gave us this meager reward. Although the back parking area is unused and gets the right amount of sun, it is a hassle to drag the hose to it and as a consequence is often forgotten. The plants have all died back and we are left with a volunteer tomatillo and what I think is a cucumber. After I dug these out - the plants had only set just under the top layer of straw - I watered thoroughly, happy to see black dirt and straw teeming with red wrigglers. I will build the 3rd raised bed before fall and set it up in the upper yard before filling it with this lovely soil. Then move these two beds up there in the same way.
It isn't much of a harvest, but it is better than last year.
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