First year growing veg in our previous garden Himself borrowed an auger from work (sort of screws a hole in the soil) and we popped the spuds down those. Almost felt like saying a prayer over them - a real concrete job that was! However, we got a crop. That's the main thing. And of course the soil improved year on year. The only way is up, my little piskie, so look that way and not just at the soil.
