Even if you don't have lots of space, you can enjoy an amazing yield of potatoes by growing in a container - half a whiskey barrel, a trash can, whatever. Clean it well and make drainage holes in the bottom. Add about six inches of soil to the bottom and plant a layer of seed potatoes - five or six is the right amount for a whiskey barrel. When the sprouts reach six to eight inches high, shovel more dirt in on top of them, covering three-quarters of the stems. Keep doing this until the container is full. When the shoots die back, tip over the container and see how many potatoes your five have turned into!
I think we've probably all thought about doing this I'm in a position to do this this year, with about 30 chest high 'cages' at my disposal. It seems to me that I've heard that you can use straw instead of soil to fill the cages, but all the we references to 'spuds in barrels' have involved backfilling with soil.
I"m curious about what your experience with this system may have been.
Thanks
-Allan
