Hi Everyone,
I’ve been growing potatoes in 3 raised beds 1.2m X 3.1m, with wooden sides. A few too many possibly, but we’ll see what crops I get. After planting they all sprouted well and soon had lovely green growth. As soon as I “composted up”, using my own compost, the local birds had a field day, probably blackbirds digging around amongst the compost. They obviously loved it, plenty of worms. I found the only way was to totally cover the raised beds with netting. This solved the problem and also stopped the potato foliage from falling over in the wind. My maincrop Scottish Pink Fir Apple, actually outgrew the netting as it grew taller than me, over 1.8 metres. Is this a common height? It was in a new raised bed built this year with about 15cm of soil and 10cm of compost. I do hope the great top growth is reflected under the ground with loads of potatoes. I expect the recent heavy rain will help.
