Ground Preparation

Preparing the ground for the seed potatoes is a lengthy business. We only grow a few acres but the land used is on a strict rotation so that it is some years before the ground is returned to. This helps to prevent disease. The ground is spread with  manure from the farm and mushroom compost from a local mushroom farm. It is then ploughed and rotivated to break up the soil. This is what is happening in the pictures.

                                  

The ground has then been ridged. When the weather improves again the bed will be formed ready for seed potato planting.