Potato Harvest 2020

Growing potatoes has been a wonderfully enlightening. The Zimbabwe Farm Project manager, Mr. Charles Chirwa recommended planting root and tuber crops. Since he has successfully managed the planting and harvest of four seasons of crops for the project, this seemed like a worthwhile investment. Unlike previous years, rains have been plentiful this season, and since potatoes require consistent moisture, this was immensely helpful. The ‘ridging,’ also known as ‘hilling’ of the fields was done by a local tractor owner. This is typically done every few weeks to make sure that dirt covers the roots of the plants, and that the green potatoes are not exposed to sunlight which will cause them to be bitter.