Gardening chat

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There is a lot of things you can do to help your garden. One of the best things is to till your leaves into your garden in the fall. When I had a big garden, I'd till in 20 of those big leaf bags into my garden each Fall. I'd also put some nitrogen in with the leaves to help with the process. Then I'd leave another 5 bags on top and not till them in until Spring. I also put all my grass clipping around my plants to keep the weeds down, during the Summer. When my plants are little, in the Spring, I sprinkle a little nitrogen around them. It helps them grow faster but I never do it more than once and never after they start to blossom. Having sandy soil really helps too, especially with potatoes. Here are some pics of the sweet potatoes I grew the year before I lost my big garden spot.





This was 2017, if I can find the rest of the pics I have some that are even bigger that I grew in 2018.
There are many variety of Potatoes that are great for growing in poor conditions. I even grew a variety that was purple. I ordered a lot of mine from different seed and potato catalogs.