pmurphy

My sister-inlaw used to grow potatoes in old tires....she placed the first tire on the ground, filled it with soil and planted the potatoes. As the plants grew she would add another tire and more soil to build it up around the plant. By the time she had added her third or fourth tire the plants had reached maturity and were dying back. At harvest time she would simply remove the tires and pick out the potatoes - no more back-breaking job stooped over a shovel or pitch fork. No chance of accidently piercing the potatoes with the tines.