My horticulture teacher use to say, dirt is what you bring into the house on your mother's kitchen floor from your shoes, soil is what you grow in.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Yes, he was right too! Thanks for watching/commenting! Best, -Mark

Nice harvest Mark! Growing up we never washed potatoes but rubbed off the dirt and stored them in peck baskets in our "cold cellar" as we called it. We also "robbed" our potatoes early in the growing season for "new potatoes" to be cooked and served with parsley and butter, a real treat as you said! It was considered a poor harvest if we ran out of potatoes and had to buy some before the next harvest. Being Pennsylvania Dutch we had potatoes in one form or another almost every day. One of the chores after school was to wash and peel potatoes for that night's supper. To this day I own a vegetable brush and scrub my potatoes before cooking.

I love the smaller potatoes . I quarter them add a diced onion then drizzle with olive oil salt and pepper roast in oven till golden . Top with fresh finely chopped parsley . Great eating.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Joe! Smaller potatoes.....I do too. I roast mine with fresh beets, sprinkle with fresh rosemary, drizzle with olive oil and roast. I'll will try your method next time. It sounds good too. Joe, thanks for watching/supporting and of course commenting too! Best, -Mark

Thanks for the video on harvesting your potatoes. I did this over the weekend (first time I have grown potatoes) and I was pleased with the harvest. Probably one of my favorite things I grew this year...I liked the anticipation of what's under the ground.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Darin! You're very welcome! I'm glad you had a good harvest and enjoyed doing it too! I appreciate you watching my channel and of course, thank you for your comments as well. If you like my channel, please spread the word. I would appreciate that! Darin, you have an incredible day! Best, -Mark

I tried growing potatoes years ago, but between the voles and potato beetles oy vey. I gave up. You're given inspiration to maybe try again. Beautiful harvest 👍

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hey NH! Harvest......Not to bad. I'm glad I inspired you a little! What part of NH are you in? I think you may have told me, but I can't remember. Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too! Best, -Mark

Those potatoes look awesome Mark! I think I would like to grow my own!

Thanks Mark for sharing your knowledge about harvesting potatoes. It makes alot of sense to me. I love Yukon potatoes myself. We never used to wash or cure our potatoes when I was growing up. Ours would shrivel and we lose alot of potatoes. They were stored in a cool dark place, but we never followed any particular steps for harvesting. I am learning so much watching your channel. Thank you.

Mark's Garden Life@ Thanks For Sharing With Us How Harvesting And Storing Potatoes🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔.And I Also LOVE Your Passion And LOVE For What You Do. All Those Products Should Be Supplied To The Local Markets.Thanks For Sharing Your Knowledge And Experiences.✅‼🙏😃👍

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Winston! It's all my pleasure! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your support of my channel too! Best, -Mark

Have you ever tried growing a second crop the same year? I have a few potatoes that had got above the ground before harvest and sprouted. I was thinking of planting them to see what would happen. I have about 75 or so days before first frost. Was thinking of trying it in my high tunnel. Just an experiment. What are your thoughts on this? This year was my first year to grow potatoes and they did good. Happy Gardening

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'd give it a shot. I've never grown 2 potato crops in one year, but I think it's worth trying and seeing what happens. I would use straw to insulate the ground from all the heat of this time of year. You never know until you give it a shot though. If you do and don't mind, let me know how it works out for you. I'd be very interested as well as I'm sure the several thousand people who watch the channel would be too! Thanks for watching and for your questions. Happy Gardening! -Mark

Great result with the early variety! Thanks for sharing the entire process in different videos with us.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Amin! Yukons....yes, not to bad a harvest for as dry as it's been. It's my pleasure to share. Thank you so much for watching/supporting and of course, commenting as well! You take care! Best, -Mark

Awesome video, my winter potatoes are about 3 weeks away from harvest. Fortunately I am able to plant twice a year here in Pretoria in South Africa. Hardly ever drops below 10 degrees celcius here, even in the heart of winter with Frost being a rarity once a decade.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Charl! Thank you! I think you are my first contact from South Africa. Welcome to my channel too! That would be wonderful to have 2 crops per year! Charl, thanks for watching/commenting! If you like my channel, spread the word in SA if you would. I would appreciate that very much! Happy Gardening! -Mark

Wow, lots of helpful info. I had never heard of curing potatoes. Beautiful harvest, and I bet they were/are mighty tasty.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Doug! I'm glad you found it helpful. The potatoes.......yes, and they still are! Thanks for watching and commenting! All the best, -Mark

Wow, amazing harvesting,🥔🥔🥔

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, For as dry as it's been and the fact I didn't water, it wasn't to bad. Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too! I really appreciate that! Best, -Mark

Perfect timing! Golden opportunity! 😂 (my dads punny humor peeking through lol)....Anyhoo...This has been on my list to learn. Planning on doing potato’s next year. Thanks for breaking this down for us potato newbies!

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tina, You're so very welcome! Thanks for watching/commenting and of course, supporting the channel! Best, -Mark

Good afternoon Mark 😊 thankyou so very much for making yet another great video and sharing it with us.lts always a good thing to see how other people store there potatoes.like you we don't use a folk to dig ours out ...we'll l don't lol its nice to get your hands in there and feel the soil,apart from the smell of freshly cut grass which is absolutely divine and after the rain on the earth is a fabulous smell.Love the way Holly is patrolling the place while your videoing...l would have to have that picture framed of her at the end,what a beauty she is.All the very best Mark 🌱🌱🌱💕🇬🇧uk

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joyce! Thank you Joyce! It's my pleasure to always share. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Holly....she has those Rottie qualities of guarding like they all do. The camera man took that shot at the end while I was filming a segment. I think I was boring her! lol Joyce, thank you for watching/supporting and commenting as well! Best, -Mark

I tried potatoes, but water and soil mix was the problem , we had to much rain . Now I know . Thank you

Great harvest 🥔🥔🥔🥔👍

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Not as large as I would have liked, but not bad. Thank you for watching/commenting! Best, -Mark

Thanks for this. I like to wash mine too. Glad to know that is OK to do. Great info. Wish I had some kind of more humid environment for storage, but I dont have anywhere near that amount and will probably cook them sooner than later.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tracey! I like washing them after harvest instead of having to do it later when preparing a meal. Tracey, as always, thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too! Take care, -Mark

Awesome harvest

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joe! Not as good as I would have liked to have seen, but it's been very dry here. Four hundred and some pounds is not to bad! Joe, thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too! Take care, -Mark

Here before it hits more recommended sections.

Wow, you got quite a bit from your Yukon Gold. Great harvest!

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jessica! Yukons....for as dry as it's been, I was happy. Thanks for watching/supporting and commenting too! I really do appreciate it! Best, -Mark

Compared to Yucon golds I've raised you did great. A very good potatoe we love the Yucon golds, I have clay base soil and your soil is so loamy and, Thank you for the teaching Sir

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi John! Not as good as I would have liked, but there is always next year! I love the Yukon Golds! John, you're very welcome! Best, -Mark

I will try to replicate these steps for my purple-fleshed (Okinawa) sweet potatoes. Should be a similar process.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lonnie! Yes, it should. Lonnie, thanks for watching! Best, -Mark

Great video - but you caught me off guard with a 4 PM post! LOL. I was out fertilizing the lawn. Yukon Gold is my favorite potato - excellent buttery flavor. Not something I can plant here in North Georgia zone 7b as the clay soil is just too dense and hard. Cheers, Mark!

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Scott! 4pm.....lol Trying some different times for posting to experiment. Glad you liked it! Yukon Gold is my favorite too. I think the best flavor of any. I wish the harvest would have been more, but I didn't water at all. I had the irrigation designer at the farm today to design a system for the garden. I want to do drip in the beds and pop ups in the grass. Scott, thanks for your support of the channel! I really do appreciate it! Best, -Mark

Hey Mark. Enjoyed this video as always. What do you think about potato towers? I've thought about doing them as I have a limited amount of cleared land.

Your very welcome 🤗 🥔

Great harvest! Yukon’s are my absolute favorite potato! I planted my first ever potatoes this year and I’m nervous and excited about the results 🙏 I’d love to see how you select and store your seed potatoes 🤔

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Harvest.....Not as much as I would have liked, but I guess for as dry as it's been I should be happy. Yukon's in my opinion have by far the best flavor. I hope your harvest is huge! Be very careful when digging them up. I just added the select and store seed potatoes to my excel spreadsheet of videos to do in the future. What area of the country are you located? If you've told me already, sorry to ask again. As always, thanks for watching/supporting and of course, commenting too! Best, -Mark

@anchorageprepper9008

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksgardenlife5971 hey Mark, I’m in Anchorage Alaska. Looking forward to seeing all your future content but I’d especially be interested in selecting and storing seed potatoes. I’m going to try and store some for next year’s planting. Hope to SIGNIFICANTLY increase how many I’m planting next year given the area I have to work with. 👍👍

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Anchorage! Someone else suggested that and I did add that to my excel spreadsheet of future videos to film. Thank you so much for the suggestion! -Mark

I don’t eat a lot of potatoes but harvesting them looks so satisfying. Nothing against potatoes, though. Yukon gold are my favorite, so maybe next year. But your potatoes look beautiful!

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Michael! Good to hear from you! Potatoes.....The nice thing about them is there are just so many ways you can prepare them. My favorite is just boil them in there skins, add butter and parsley and the Yukon Golds are incredible that way. Another way I like is to cube them, cube beets, sprinkle them with fresh Rosemary and than a good olive oil and roast them. Just incredible! How's your garden doing so far this year? Michael, thanks so much for watching/supporting and of course, commenting as well. As always, I appreciate it all very much! Take care, -Mark

Our Early potatoes are Arans or Pentlands, Scottish potatoes. The harvest is good but the tatties are moderately large. Moran taing!

Nice harvest

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rajish! Harvest.....Not to bad. Thanks for watching/commenting! Best, -Mark

Awesome ta. Almost due to plant new season ilam hardy crop in Rotorua.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim!

So nice. I love potatoes. My dad and uncle harvest several hundred pounds for us and charity. How do you grade your potatoes between 1, 2 or 3?

I love them thd dane way. I just made them last night my friend ABD me had about 4 potatoes 🥔 each. Fresh parsley from the garden. My stomach was hurting me. I ate too many. But soon🤪

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Connie! That really is a great way to eat them! Thanks for watching/commenting! Best, -Mark

@pamalajjohnson9576

2 жыл бұрын

You use from the jar the same way with your butter and parsley or Parmigiano cheese crusted potatoes. Or Mexican potatoes.

Nice haul

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott! Not as much as I would have liked to get, but it's been dry here in Maryland, so I'm happy to get the four hundred and some pounds. Scott, thanks for watching and commenting too! Best, -Mark

Hi Mark, Not sure you'll see this or respond since it's now 2 months after you posted your video. Do you grow yams/sweet potatoes? Do you know why the red skin white yams are so expensive? I just bought 2 medium sized red skins and it was Cdn $6.10 at the grocery store. Craziness! Maybe I was overcharged. 2 larger orange yams were only Cdn $2.70. I love both and both are uniquely different.

Looks like an awesome tater heavy harvest to me. I’m going to be attempting to harvest them next year, so fingers crossed...

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Guy! The harvest.....not as large as I would have liked, but four hundred and some pounds is not bad. Watch for my potato planting video early next March. Guy, thanks for watching/supporting and of course, commenting too! I appreciate it all very much! Best, -Mark

And now find Joël Robuchon's recipe for Pommes Purée and you're in heaven. Great harvest.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Douglas! I will search that one! Thanks! Harvest....not as much as I wanted, but it's been dry here. I just had the irrigation designer in today and I'm going to install drip irrigation at every bed and solve that issue in the future! Thanks so much for watching/supporting and commenting as well! Best, -Mark

What purple potatoes would you pick

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Can the little ones for late winter. Love mine had about 30 gts

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Pamala! I've never canned potatoes. That's a great idea. What is the process you use? Thanks for the tip and look forward to hearing back. Thanks for watching too! Best, -Mark

@pamalajjohnson9576

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksgardenlife5971 I use the smallest potatoes, clean, if your doing alot the dishwasher work well no heat cycle. I use large mouth jars fill and 1 teaspoon of canning salt no iodine salt, then fill the jar with hot boiling water and put your lids on. You'll need a pressure cooker at 10 pounds of pressure for 40 min. Turn your heat of let completely cool of pressure and remove for jars to cool and lids well sell. The longer cycled potatoes, kennebec, russets, and Yukon golds can well the reds get soft. I'M 3 generation doing this just extends your season, some of those small potatoes save for next year's seed potatoes. There are many recipes to use theses from the jars.

Did you plant potatoes whole or cut into several pieces?

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary! I've done both ways, but this year I did whole. Thanks for watching/commenting! Take care, -Mark

Do u have sweet potatoes Mark? I love myself some sweet potatoes would definitely get vegetables from you they look so fresh and pretty.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ramon! Yes, I did grown some. I won't harvest them until this fall. Thanks for watching /commenting! Ramon, you have a great day/evening! Best, -Mark

@ramoncarter6585

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksgardenlife5971 U do as well.

Hi Mark! What a beautiful amount of potatoes 🥔 you got this year, it is so satisfying to see all of it. Thank you for going through the process of making them last long in storage. I will be plating some this spring and in pots as well to see how they do in pots. Holly 🐕 is soo cute she is always wanting to be on camera haha 😆 i would love to have a dog like her. I was wondering if you have a drone if you would ever take a video shot of the your area i love looking at places that looks soo green and beautiful and to see how big your garden is.😁 Thank you for this great video. Gabriel 🤙🏽

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Gabriel! It wasn't as many as I would have normally gotten, but it's been dry here and I didn't water them at all so four hundred plus pounds wasn't to bad. Holly is cute, but also at the terrible two's stage. lol I'm going to buy a drone as soon as I get a chance to read up on them and learn a little, so yes, there will be some "from the sky" images being used at some point. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you! Thanks for watching/supporting and of course commenting as well. Best, -Mark

@gabbystorm2010

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksgardenlife5971 Your very welcome 😁 Also I wanted to say as your channel grows with subscribers I know there will be many more people who will be subscribing to your channel and it may be a bit hard for you to read all the comments, but I’ll like to say thank you so much for your responses to my comments I really appreciate it a lot, it makes me happy to have someone like you who take the time to read them as I love to send comments to you about your amazing garden,🪴the work you do on them how you show and teach what you know about gardening. You’re so natural at what you do and love. And will you be doing another nursery/ greenhouse tour soon? I love those things as well. And one day I’m hoping to come up to the US for a holiday and also pop in to your nursery. 😃🪴 Gabriel

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Gabriel! Your comments........And I love getting them! Gabriel, that's only a small possibility (very small) that my channel would get that big that I couldn't read all the comments. Peoples comments, input is extremely important to me. I can tell how I'm doing, get new ideas, and I just like "meeting" and talking to people anyway. I never thought when I started doing this I would talking to people in Australia, let alone many other countries besides all over the USA. That's just incredible to me. Thanks for your kind words, your early support of my channel and watching all my videos too! I'm actually doing a video that comes out this Sat. eve on planters down in the greenhouse. I say down in the greenhouse because it's about a quarter mile down from the house and I'm sitting in my upstairs den/ library off my bedroom right now on my computer. (Its's 5:45am) A visit to the US......I would love to meet you and can give you a tour of the farm and since you like gardening so much, within an hour, there are 4 major Dupont estate gardens and within 20 minutes we have Ladew Topiary Gardens too, so much to see. I'm 1 1/2 hours from Washington DC also. Well, off to answer some more comments! Take care, -Mark

@Mark.Merritt-Asher

2 жыл бұрын

@@marksgardenlife5971 Looks like your channel is growing by leaps and bounds already. I've seen that with one other channel I subbed to. It must have been the shirtless videos. lol

Always cure potatoes in the dark otherwise they will start greening and will continue the process even in storage. The green is poisenous.

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Great advice! Thanks for commenting! Best, -Mark

Is Mark the worlds hottest horticulturalist???

Noooo….don’t wash them!

@marksgardenlife5971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! What problems have you found with washing? -Mark