Planting potatoes under straw

These hearty tubers occupy far from the last place in our lives. Not a single day of human Slavic existence can't do without potatoes. After all, its cubes or slices are an integral part of the first courses we love so much at lunchtime.

That's why growing potatoes and improving this process in our country is of enormous food importance.

This activity is captured in our memory in the form of dug holes, into which several potato tubers are placed, and then they are again covered with earth. Well, the main task of the vegetable grower remains the fight against the Colorado potato beetle, which inevitably seeks to destroy our works.

Are you familiar with planting potatoes under straw? Now this seems like something incredible, but our ancestors tried this method many times. The essence of the method is that planting material is covered with a layer of straw. That's all! As a result, the harvest is in no way inferior to that obtained in the traditional way. In addition, the tubers are absolutely clean and have the best presentation.

Planting potatoes under straw has a lot of advantages, as it frees gardeners from heavy, incessant physical labor:

• no need to dig up the garden and pore over symmetrically located holes;
• no need to worry about watering and hilling potato bushes;
• you can simply forget about Colorado voracious beetles like a bad dream;
• The resulting harvest pleases with its abundance and ecological cleanliness.

Sounds very tempting, doesn't it? Why not try this method personally? Select a small area in your garden, get some straw and start growing your potato crop!