{"id":9234,"date":"2023-05-21T08:15:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T12:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2023-05-21T08:15:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T12:15:19","slug":"two-methods-of-picking-potatoes-2023-05-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/two-methods-of-picking-potatoes-2023-05-15.html","title":{"rendered":"Two methods of picking potatoes 2023-05-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nTwo methods of potato digging.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Two views of 'tater digging 2023-05-15\" name=\"M:Two-views-of-tater-digging-20230515\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Two views of 'tater digging 2023-05-15]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/many.html\">Two views of &#8216;tater digging 2023-05-15<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nOn the left, tractor and blade.\r\nUpside: digs them right up.\r\nDownside: and buries them in the dug dirt, so you have to dig them up again.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Tractor and blade on left, potato fork on right\" name=\"TM:Tractor-and-blade-on-left-potato-fork-on-right\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/20230515_102116.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/20230515_102116.jpg\"  alt=\"[Tractor and blade on left, potato fork on right]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/20230515_102116.html\">Tractor and blade on left, potato fork on right<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nOn the right, potato fork and pick them up.\r\nUpside: whack just past the plant stem and the potatoes fly out of the ground.\r\nDownside: is more work whacking than driving the tractor, but still way less than redigging them out of the dug dirt.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Pretty good crop\" name=\"TM:Pretty-good-crop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/20230515_102127.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/20230515_102127.jpg\"  alt=\"[Pretty good crop]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-05-15--potatoes\/20230515_102127.html\">Pretty good crop<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two methods of potato digging. 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