Hope that helps.

THey have almost every video you can imagine. Thanks again!

and it started dirt, straw, dirt, potatoes, dirt, straw, dirt, potatoes and so on up to the top of the wire bin. But the shoots from the bottom of the wire bin are coming out the sides. Do I need to cover those?

That's a good idea. I have lots of wire.

Guard those potatoes!

they are close to the road and those marauders can see them! Call out my dog!

Unsure about the reasons as I watched those youtube videos and thought I had followed the tips to growing them re: planting, adding dirt as the green parts grew; adequate sunshine and drainage. Above ground, the plants looked great. The roots from which the potatoes were supposed to grow in abundance just made very few vegetables below the ground and what there were -- small, soft, and deformed; nowhere near a 50 lb haul of anything usable. I can only think the dirt used to fill the bin did not provide the necessary nutrients???

Here's hoping your attempt will be more successful!

so busy today mulching the garden I forgot about them. Now scheduling tomorrow's garden job. LOL. Maybe I'll try your method.

I'd show you how they are doing...great!

and it is about 4 feet high and 4 feet diameter and I layered straw, dirt, potatoes for about 4 or 5 layers and they've heavily watered with the rain. If I could figure out where my phone deposits my pictures, I'd show you. It's really pretty.

How do.you get the potatoes out?

I often grow potatoes even though I don’t have a vegetable garden, simply by planting whatever is sprouting in the pantry somewhere in the flower garden. They’re surprisingly decorative and I’ve never failed to get a crop of potatoes. Really, I think it’s hard to mess up growing potatoes.

I love the idea of just planting them around for the beauty and getting potatoes!

They are definitely growing out the sides and they are flowering, but shouldn't I be covering up those flowers? That's what I remember from the dim past of my mother's garden when I was a child.

They form potatoes along the stem underground, so dirt was pulled up around the plants to bury more of the stems. You’ll get potatoes even without hilling, enjoy the flowers. If you’re growing red potatoes, blossoms are your cue to burrow for baby potatoes.