Tater Tales Apr 5th: Signs of Spring

What are your signs that spring has sprung? For many people, signs of spring can be the first sighting of robins, longer days, and small snowdrop and crocus pushing up in the garden.  Here at the farm the first sure sign that spring has arrived is when we begin to receive our seed potato shipments.  This truck is full of Yukon Gem seed potatoes that we unload and store until it’s time to start planting.  How many boxes are there? How long does it take to unload the truck? Where do we store them?  This shipment held approximately 40 boxes of seed potatoes that took two forklift operators about 3 hours to unload.  The boxes are kept in one of our large sheds where the temperature, humidity and lighting levels are optimized for seed potato storage. You can visit “Millions of Seed Potatoes” to learn more about seed potatoes.