Two methods of potato digging.

Two views of ‘tater digging 2023-05-15

On the left, tractor and blade. Upside: digs them right up. Downside: and buries them in the dug dirt, so you have to dig them up again.

Tractor and blade on left, potato fork on right

On the right, potato fork and pick them up. Upside: whack just past the plant stem and the potatoes fly out of the ground. Downside: is more work whacking than driving the tractor, but still way less than redigging them out of the dug dirt.

Pretty good crop

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