I got the "potato tubs" from Pinetree Seeds with my usual seed order back in winter. I liked the idea because they fold back down after use. They're by "Gardman" and you can buy them all over the web. Later, my local Agway had them on deep sale, so I got 2 more. I have 3 for potatoes and 3 that will have sweet potatoes when the s.p. slips come in a day or two. (S.P.s like it hot - let's see if they work at all in New Hampshire.) I'm a total potato newbie since this is my first year, but here's what I know. I think you're supposed to start potatoes really early, so you prolly need short season ones now. Not sure if the ones you've mentioned are - a Google search will help you figure that out. We started ours what turned out to be a couple weeks later than usual for around here. They do grow slowly, and we didn't see any growth above ground for quite a while. I've already added soil 1x like the poster above mentioned doing when they got tall. (Actually, I just did that today.) I put in 5 per container, like the directions I have said. (I think I have an article from the web?) You can cut each potato into parts, so long as each part has at least 2 eyes and is a decent sized chunk - sorry, can't remember how big each chunk needs to be. Don't let them cure like some articles/advice tells you - ours rotted in the 2 days they were curing. Our 2nd batch, which we planted right after cutting, is doing fine. You could use any container, really. I've ordered some "Smart Pots" to expand my garden this year. On the Smart Pots website, it also talks about using them for potatoes. Good luck!

I think there is some sort of alien squash invasion. I, and three other people I know in the area had volunteer squash or pumpkin vines show up in the strangest places this year. I have never grown them, and neither have my neighbors, yet there they were. I let mine grow out of curiosity. It was 15 ft long with a half dozen softball size green striped gourds on it when the frost terminated it last week.

Rachel, that's what I was thinking about my own ID capability: when walking this stretch of beach (which I have off and on for over 24 years now), I'd seen 'small peeps' but wasn't positive of their ID. My walks here only a few times have included binoculars; I generally just walk the seven mile stretch at Ten Mile Beach in order to think. . . :) kendra: thank you. Glad you like the shot. There are more at the MendoBirds Groups list at that 'other word for Yippee!' site ;)

Yes, she talked about it a couple of weeks after her eviction. When Paul was in the house he said someone from this season would get a guest appearance on a soap. I guess a few have in the past. Well Amazing Race will sure test their relationship, can't be intimate like they were 24/7 on BB.