Welcome to Waste Not, we will find a way series. This will be a very broad coverage, it could be a way to prepare and freeze something, it could be away to take a leftover and turn it into a new meal, it could be a way to take odd bits and use them up.

How they are used up will also be varied, perhaps it will be eaten by us, or the dogs, or as fodder, or composted in different ways, hints and tips for small spaces, small gardens, or big gardens or homestead or the small flock owner.

Today we are going to talk about potato’s that got away from us, there was a potato sale on and extra ten pound bags were picked up, one bag got turned into boiled potato’s and grated hashbrowns, half of the other bag got used for fresh use but not fast enough.

Have you notice how fast food turns these day, i have at times in the past months walked away from buying potato’s due to their very Poor condition, if i have to cut away 40 to 50% of them to use them, i am not buying them! and shame on the store for selling them!

These guys had sprouted and so i have continued the process for them to be well started for planting, they got cut for a good strong eye and will be air dried to cure their skin before being planted. I will come back and add in the dried photo. They have been placed in a cool but well ventilated space with no direct sunlight on the cardboard box, as it will help them dry out.

Which is how you take 6 potato’s and turn them into 13 plants! That ten pound bag was bought at 1.99, the feed bags are free, the soil/straw combo was not but it will continue to feed the soil and garden after use as well, the cardboard box was included from the store and will be reused afterwards till its composted

Each of these will be planted in groupings into feed bags for early starting in our seedling starting area and moved out as soon as possible for very early spring small potato harvests.

Yes i know they are not seed potato’s, yes i have those on order, yes i will be planting like normal in the gardens, but i am not going to waste these and the ability to get them back into my food system.

the small bits that were leftover, i had two choices with, cook in the next feed the chicken batch or compost, as i do NOT like to feed sprouted potato’s raw or cooked to anyone or anything, into the compost it goes!

What is the last thing you saved? What little bit did you find that you used up or figure out how to add to broth making or feed out as fodder, and for fodder, i am including all those house dogs, or small chicken flock owners or even those meal worm growers etc