Hilling the potatoes

There’s a step with gardening potatoes that involves mounding dirt up around the stems of the plants once they reach a certain height. For the life of me, I can’t remember why. I think it has something to do with keeping the potato tubers covered from sunlight, which can ruin them. Or maybe its to keep the vines from flopping over.

Regardless, I know I’m supposed to do it and it was weighing on me like a ton of bricks.

Now that the chore is done, I’ll go look up why I did it.

Rory

Rory Groves moved his family from the city to the country several years ago to begin the journey towards a more durable way of life. Rory and his wife Becca now reside in southern Minnesota where they farm, raise livestock, host workshops, and homeschool their five children. He is the author of Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time.