Not a big update but here's some pics of what's going on in the back right now
All that vining is sweet potato vines! This was started as an experiment that's gone really well! We've been picking and eating the leaves. Between human consumption and bird consumption So I'd say there's been somewere between 5-13 lbs of leaves and vines consumed. Even if we don't get any tubers this was worth the time space and material it took to try it out. Plus the leaves have a kind of spinach like taste/texture when cooked so it's a double win for us.
The asparagus growing with the sweet potato. In honesty we thought this died during the summer heat so I was very happy to find it growing! ♥️
Side view showing the trellis the sweet potato vines are growing up and over on
And some Moringa trees with a little shot of a background project that will be revealed in the future.
okay ‘adam being a Fed is homophobia’ etc etc is a Correct Take but consider the absolute accurate perfection of Matthew growing up to be a sweet potato farmer.
idk if i’ve mentioned this here but but i’m a fairly prolific gardener now (i started sometime in uhhh 2018?) and this year i grew sweet potatoes for the first time and boy did they deliver! i already dug up a few huge ones earlier this month too.
Two different views of the tall bed. We're growing sweet potato vines in here along with an asparagus plant that's just barely visible under the vines. The asparagus has been there for a while but we thought it was dead from the heat until about a month ago when it started popping up all over in the area it was planted at.
2nd grow bed with sweet potatoes growing in it. This is closer to where the ducks keep trying to nest at (we have been taking the eggs away since it's too hot and she's not had any success as of yet.)
Current seed starts, no sprouts yet but should see some soon