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Potato Beds Ready for Seeding

Potato Beds Ready for Seeding, n.d.
Potato beds were, until recently, a common site in Irish Newfoundland communities. Since many migrants from Ireland were sons of small but viable farmers, or laborers on large and middle-sized farms, they often grew crops after migrating to Newfoundland.

Reproduced by permission of Dr. John Mannion, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. Photo ©2001.

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