So I have never tried growing potatoes before. I plan to try growing a variety that are supposedly purple, although the seed potatoes don’t look very purple:
I expect the soil to sink down a bit because I dug a ton of leaves and compost down into it. The plan is for this to be a combination compost pile and bed, I will use yard trimmings and such to hill up around the plants as they grow. So last step is to pile up soil – a couple of inches at the edge over the peas, 3-4 inches over the spuds.