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My niece-in-law LOVES your hair scarfs. Would you be kind enough to point me in the right direction of where you get them or if they have a certain name. I would love to surprise her with a few….thx. She has poly cystic ovarian disorder and she has been very upset about her hair loss. The scarfs would be a nice change from the hat she is currently using.
I just harvested my 1st crop. I got a bushel basket full. The second crop Ill harvest in a couple more weeks. I was always told when the leaves start yellowing its time to harvest.
Where would I find a 'high tunnel' like your's? Love your channel tia !
Nice size sweet potatoes. I have been growing them here in Ontario for 3 – 4 years now and consider they have done pretty good if I get some the size of the medium ones you harvested. The real tiny ones I am thankful for as well as they all make good eating. I grow my own slips from the previous years harvest. Last year wasn't a great year for them so only had a few meals from them and then saved a few for growing slips. This year they seem to have grown better but time will tell when it comes to harvesting them. I am having a huge fight with the rabbits who insist on clearing the vines. I have 3 different areas planted with sweet potatoes just to hedge my bets. I will of course leave them in the ground for as long as possible as we don't have a very long growing season here so the trick is to grab them just before the first frost as you said. I don't rely on them for a major part of my diet, more as a treat. Maybe if I can get a better yield they will become part of my everyday winter eating. Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing how your yield is when you do finally harvest them. Great idea about the table and chairs in the high tunnel. I turned an outside dog run into a small poly tunnel last year and the first thing I did was put a chair in there for me to enjoy my happy place. So, take care and stay safe, Sandie from Ontario Canada.
Personally, I would pull them. You can save the smaller ones to reseed and also make some slips from some of those greens. They root up very fast in a jar of water. Bring them in the house or greenhouse and you'll feel like you're having some spring in the middle of winter.
"Yes, my Queen…no problem, my Queen!" So sweet.
You said the high tunnel was a Winter Refuge. That goes nicely with the theme of Roots and Refuge! It's also a refuge from the crazy heat of summer with the shade cloth! (Just a passing thought. Maybe there's an idea there for a sign or a name for the high tunnel.)
Seeing the possible path of Laura I see you might be in her path. Wishing you all the best and we’ll be praying for you all!
I like the summer crops, but I'm more than ready for summer to end. I'm done with hot weather. Bring on the cool Fall days.
I have been fermenting tomato seeds a lot lately. I sometimes forget to mark what they are. Today I was going nuts try figure out what variety of tomato it was in a jar and you reminded me Jess when you mentioned the climbing trip l crop. Thanks 🙂
It's nice to have different sizes of sweet potatoes. Large ones take much longer to cook so if you're in a hurry you can fix a pan of the smaller ones in no time and they're so tender too. We used to pressure can the smaller ones too.
Why not carrots?
I feel sad, too. I still have tomatoes and peppers in my garden producing, but I cut down my corn stalks yesterday and tied them up as Fall decorations and shared them with my neighbor and my ladies—my daughter and my daughter-in-law. It's so sad, like when your first kid leaves for college. Aside from this, I really always cherish Fall here in New England. There's nothing like boots, and a warm sweater, crispy leaves falling on the ground in those blazing colors. And it's the last delicious part of the year before the snow and ice comes. Sniff…
Small sweet potatoes taste better
Have you tried the freeze drier yet…..with so much extra produce are you dehydrating and freeze drying them…..just wondered.
I’ve been making veggie powder and tomato jam….so good on toasted cheese sandwiches…..
I planted my potatoes and sweet potatoes in straw filled trenches after amending the soil below and kept the roots covered with straw. I cut the plant top off leaving the stump to show me where the potatoes were…..then all I did was pull up and it made harvesting them so much easier.
Where do you get your cute headbands?
The joy you express when in your garden is infectious. Thank you for sharing.
brussel sprouts are a fall crop it says on google….might be another cool plant to try for your high tunnel. If you like brussel sprouts that is
I love y'all. I so enjoy the children. Please show your animals more!
Jess try separating thorn oakensheld from the does but keep him close. He will get very interested!
Could you do a video on the thing about if potatoes go above soil they produce toxins Because some of mine are poking up does that mean the entire like bushel or whatever is ruined and is bad to eat?
I love growing sweet potatoes and the leaves are good sautéd too.
"Underground crops ARE so fascinating!"
Underground crops have been a the primary food source for the human race for millennia. They are a starch storehouse of all the summer nutrition & calories that last for months safely underground when cold, drought & even wild fires have have killed off other crops. Almost every subsistence culture has at least one major root crop as a staple of its diet.