This and my recent bucket garden build are so far from what I normally build that it's almost funny, but since I built it I might as well share the simple build.

 

I used Western Red Cedar fence pickets from Lowe's and some treated 2x4's that were left over from the bucket garden stand build.  The WRC fence pickets were 5 1/2" x 72" x 5/8" and were incredibly wet but it simply doesn't matter for something like this.  Because I wanted to get the most out of each board I cut the WRC side board pieces to 23" so I could get three out of each picket.

 

We'll get some dirt and plant the first level of potatoes, then add dirt and another board and plant more potatoes, then keep repeating that until all the side boards are on.  To harvest the potatoes I'll just remove the boards on two sides, maybe all of them - we'll see.

 

Anyway, a quick Friday morning project that took about 90 minutes and will hopefully yield some homegrown potatoes!

 

Kwool. Looking forward to seeing it yield some 'tators. Thanks for the build along video David.

19 hours ago, difalkner said:

We'll get some dirt and plant the first level of potatoes, then add dirt and another board and plant more potatoes, then keep repeating that until all the side boards are on.

 

I must confess to being a bit confused on how this works David.  Maybe you can share pics or additional video as you are planting.

I found this graphic that explains how this all works - https://www.denverpost.com/2010/04/07/potato-box-yields-scads-of-spuds/

Thanks David!