From planting back in mid-June, it’s been 3-1/2 months to the sweet potato harvest. The variety, Beauregard, is listed as 80-100 days to maturity, although, like potatoes, you can dig them up anytime, as soon as the tubers have formed. … Read the rest
A month after transplanting the slips, the sweet potatoes are thriving! I’m still entirely unsure of the eventual harvest, but these plants are a low-maintenance pleasure so far. Almost every slip, even most of the ones that turned into tiny, … Read the rest
Sweet potatoes are in! They were a last minute addition this year, I was expecting them by the end of May, and then started to write ’em off when I couldn’t get in touch with the grower who was supplying … Read the rest