Tips on Digging potatoes

There is a new gardening blog worth checking out. Called the Compost heap, it offers tips on gardening and growing flowers.

Digging is a crucial element of growing potatoes and here is an article for the basics of digging

Also useful tips on dealing with slug and snails

Suggestions for the new site:

Think carefully about titles. For example:

• Bits of Jargon is better as 'Bits of Gardening Jargon'

Look forward to seeing more articles about gardening and photos of flowers.

The Importance of Manure

I think that in the growing of potatoes, we should never underestimate the importance of a good manuring.

Now, your first question may be - Where to get the manure? Well, why not try your local stables; if your lucky they will have a pile of well rotted manure.

If they have only fresh manure, you can still use that to make your very own manure pile. In a few months it will be sweet smelling and ready to sprinkle on your potato patch

• Top Tip: If you use your Dad's new Mercedes to transport the fresh manure, you might like to put it in bags first.

How To Grow Potatoes

To Grow Potatoes it is important to have the following ingredients

1. Potatoe Seed.

2. Spade

3. Some soil to put said potatoe seeds into.

4. Then use Spade to create a hole for potatoes.

5. Watch Them Grow.!