Digging Spuds

Preacher · 08-05-2008, 10:32 PM

Dug the first 2 rows of spuds yesterday and got right around 4 bushel so far. I have 4 more rows to dig, so if the pattern continues I'll have close to 15 or 16 bushel.

The red pontiacs did really well this year. Size wasn't overly impressive, but there was scads of them. Same thing with the kennebecs.

But hey, they'll eat.

scheistermeister · 08-05-2008, 10:44 PM

Exactly how much is a bushel?

Preacher · 08-05-2008, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by scheistermeister

Exactly how much is a bushel?

Approximately 50 pounds or two 5 gallon buckets full.

That's not exact, but really close.

Preacher · 08-05-2008, 11:03 PM

Here's the officail definition:

bushel: a unit of dry measure for grain, fruit, etc., equal to 32 dry quarts or 4 pecks (35.2384 dry liters or 1.2445 cubic feet):

scheistermeister · 08-05-2008, 11:03 PM

Oh wow! That's a lot of spuds!

Pogo · 08-06-2008, 09:47 AM

I like the red taters small anyway. Wash them, quarter them, and make buttered potatoes.

10 Bears · 08-06-2008, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Preacher

Approximately 50 pounds or two 5 gallon buckets full.

That's not exact, but really close.

Now I have a runaway tune in my brain....

Wonder who remembers, "A Bushel and a Peck."

Czubek · 08-06-2008, 10:07 AM

[QUOTE=10 Bears]Now I have a runaway tune in my brain....

Wonder who remembers, "A Bushel and a Peck."[/QUOTE]Ya thanks I have it in me bean now too...

Brian

Pogo · 08-06-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 10 Bears

Wonder who remembers, "A Bushel and a Peck."

I sort of remember that song. I was about 6 years old or so I believe when that was popular.

Pogo · 08-06-2008, 11:06 AM

Click on this link............ Click Me 10 Bears!

HorseSoldier176 · 08-06-2008, 11:48 AM

Love taters!

Harvested mine about a week ago. Didn't get very many, but don't have a big patch either.

Preacher · 08-06-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pogo

I like the red taters small anyway. Wash them, quarter them, and make buttered potatoes.

Red ones are definitely the best tasting, but the down side is they don't keep nearly as well. So we try and eat them first, just saving enough back for seed, and then eating the white secondly.

My brother tried a new variety called Salems this year and they are supposed to keep better than the kennebacs. We'll see in a week or two.

10 Bears · 08-06-2008, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Pogo

Click on this link............ Click Me 10 Bears!

Now that tune is REALLY going around in my head.
At least I know all the words now!

Preacher · 08-09-2008, 07:43 AM

Now for a friendly bump just in case you've forgotten about the song.

I dig another 2 rows of spuds and the more I dig, the bigger they get. Still not huge, but definitely better than the first 2 rows. I was hoping for that, because where I had dug the first ones, nothing ever does as good there.

But I got 4 bushel of the first 2, and 6 bushel of the next 2.

jaegersapper · 10-07-2008, 10:35 AM

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How long do they keep, and how do you store them?

08-05-2008, 10:32 PM	#1
Preacher Chaplain/Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 11,321	Digging Spuds Dug the first 2 rows of spuds yesterday and got right around 4 bushel so far. I have 4 more rows to dig, so if the pattern continues I'll have close to 15 or 16 bushel. The red pontiacs did really well this year. Size wasn't overly impressive, but there was scads of them. Same thing with the kennebecs. But hey, they'll eat. __________________ You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. Ronald Reagan - 1964 ------------------------------------- Bunker Member #4.

08-05-2008, 10:44 PM	#2
scheistermeister Throbbing Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,727	Exactly how much is a bushel? __________________ There are 10 types of people - Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Remember, kids... When choosing a career path: Mechanical Engineers make weapons, Civil Engineers make targets.

08-06-2008, 09:47 AM	#6
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	I like the red taters small anyway. Wash them, quarter them, and make buttered potatoes. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

08-06-2008, 11:06 AM	#10
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	Hey Bears.......... Click on this link............ Click Me 10 Bears!

08-06-2008, 11:48 AM	#11
HorseSoldier176 Retired Soldier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Central PA Posts: 14,148	Love taters! Harvested mine about a week ago. Didn't get very many, but don't have a big patch either. __________________ Free citizens are armed citizens, but only armed citizens are truly free! Bruce R. Gadbois 2008

08-05-2008, 11:03 PM	#4
Preacher Chaplain/Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 11,321	Here's the officail definition: bushel: a unit of dry measure for grain, fruit, etc., equal to 32 dry quarts or 4 pecks (35.2384 dry liters or 1.2445 cubic feet):

08-06-2008, 10:07 AM	#8
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	[QUOTE=10 Bears]Now I have a runaway tune in my brain.... Wonder who remembers, "A Bushel and a Peck."[/QUOTE]Ya thanks I have it in me bean now too... Brian

08-09-2008, 07:43 AM	#14
Preacher Chaplain/Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 11,321	Now for a friendly bump just in case you've forgotten about the song. I dig another 2 rows of spuds and the more I dig, the bigger they get. Still not huge, but definitely better than the first 2 rows. I was hoping for that, because where I had dug the first ones, nothing ever does as good there. But I got 4 bushel of the first 2, and 6 bushel of the next 2.

10-07-2008, 10:35 AM	#15
jaegersapper Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: My own little world Posts: 327	, How long do they keep, and how do you store them?