So! You can imagine my joy when I came across this awesome article on Re-Nest about growing your own in a tiny space! All you need is some wood (maybe pallets would work?), seed potatoes (that’s potatoes that have sprouted eyes), soil, and fertilizer.

A commenter even says that instead of building the box, you can start your potatoes inside an old tire. As the plants grow, you just stack more tires on top! I’m not sure how you’d go about getting at the spuds that grow towards the bottom this way, though.

Check out the whole article, including directions on how to construct the box and some fun potato facts over at Re-Nest!

I’m not sure if I have it in me to build something so ambitious this year, but it’s definitely got me thinking about planting some potatoes! I didn’t realize you could grow them in spring and summer. For some reason, they seemed more like winter plants. Maybe the next time I take too long making it through a bag, I’ll plant the sprouty ones instead of composting them!

<3,
Becky

Dave has been wanting to replace the dirt and weeds out back with a moss lawn for a while, and I finally got around to reading up on them. I knew that traditional lawns were pretty wasteful, but WOW. Check it:

The EPA says that about 15% of the average American family’s water use goes to maintaining their lawn. That’s around 60 gallons of water per day. On top of all that water, Americans dump 67 million pounds of pesticides onto their lawns each year. Read all about how to get a moss lawn going and more on their benefits over on my post at Ecolocalizer!

<3,
Becky