Planting potatoes in August is very late where we live. Our daylight will fade quickly over the next months. I'm pretty sure we have enough potatoes in the beds I planted in spring. But I still decided to grow more as an experiment, well, two as it would turn out.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Grumpiness included 01:39 Weeding the covered bed 02:48 Planting potatoes on the ground 03:08 A potato experiment--or two? 03:56 Trimming the new bed 04:44 Spreading potatoes 05:11 Straw for the experiment 05:47 Leftover mulch for the carrot bed 06:19 Radishes under grass clippings 06:38 This year's sunflowers 07:22 Another successful experiment