Tatie and Earthing question

[Two_Sheds]

a hard frost thats surely killed my spuds!!! they are covered but...

If they don't have any foliage, they'll probably be fine.

I'm clearing an old bit of ground and just dug up 3 kilos of big spuds that have been in the ground for ... gosh, nearly a year

(They hadn't started sprouting yet, which tells me the soil is still too cold for planting)

[Kristen]

a hard frost thats surely killed my spuds!!! they are covered but...

If they are still underground (i.e. no sprouts / leaves above the surface) they will be fine

[Alison]

I plant in rows like Kristen and just pull the ridge draw or draw hoe along to create lovely high ridges. It's not that big a job and if you don't cover your tubers and they go green they are poisonous.
You shouldn't use the manure on top - leave it to keep rotting as it will be great for your ground come Autumn.

Alternatively if you plant your spuds quite deeply the potatoes form far enough below ground that you don't have a problem with the light getting to them and that added to the shade from the greenery means that you only get the odd green one (which you can throw) even without earthing up - am all for avoiding jobs I've not found necessary.