tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post1663519641361651329..comments2024-03-16T05:00:31.114-04:00Comments on Budding and Blooming: Harvest Monday 10/20/14Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-18451347833922131982014-10-21T08:26:36.128-04:002014-10-21T08:26:36.128-04:00That is an impressive sweet potato patch! Hope you...That is an impressive sweet potato patch! Hope you really like them! Pickle worms? Yikes, such a thing exists??Eight Gate Farm NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-90578623941838128922014-10-20T22:56:12.941-04:002014-10-20T22:56:12.941-04:00You certainly had more than your share of bugs! H...You certainly had more than your share of bugs! However your sweet potato harvest is amazing. I like sweet potatoes but have to buy mine. Did read though that you don't have to buy them organic as you do some things or you get too many pesticides. Nice harvest. Nancy Cozy Thyme Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933769393226611441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-71896760311753209772014-10-20T22:01:06.805-04:002014-10-20T22:01:06.805-04:00Thanks for the tip! Lid is now cracked.Thanks for the tip! Lid is now cracked.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-56354547150471389182014-10-20T21:42:49.587-04:002014-10-20T21:42:49.587-04:00Hmm.. juicing sweet potatoes.. never thought of th...Hmm.. juicing sweet potatoes.. never thought of that.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-13895374126590485092014-10-20T21:27:38.802-04:002014-10-20T21:27:38.802-04:00All those pests are such a pain. I was picking 10...All those pests are such a pain. I was picking 100 bean beetle larva a day and just couldn't keep up. I need a game plan for next year. I plan to start by planting more beneficial bug flowers and hope I can get more natural predators in the garden. Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-62887423496048439962014-10-20T21:24:28.325-04:002014-10-20T21:24:28.325-04:00You should try them. They've been easy to gro...You should try them. They've been easy to grow. They do take awhile to grow and don't like to stay contained in their bed, but other than that they've been low maintenance.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-90979914744125314542014-10-20T21:08:48.145-04:002014-10-20T21:08:48.145-04:00My patch didn't get weedy at all, although I d...My patch didn't get weedy at all, although I did keep it weeded while they were small. Once they filled in the weeds were minimal.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-14776162639240874062014-10-20T18:48:54.413-04:002014-10-20T18:48:54.413-04:00Lovely sweet potatoes. Good luck using them all up...Lovely sweet potatoes. Good luck using them all up. If that is half, you will have so many. I found out this year that they need air to breath when they cure. So make sure to leave the lid on your tub cracked open. Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-55799739926738628772014-10-20T16:41:30.215-04:002014-10-20T16:41:30.215-04:00Great sweet potato harvest! I'm sure you will ...Great sweet potato harvest! I'm sure you will have no trouble finding things to do with all those yummy potatoes.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-27953273546823517392014-10-20T14:35:29.477-04:002014-10-20T14:35:29.477-04:00Wow those are a lot of sweet potatoes! Already I&#...Wow those are a lot of sweet potatoes! Already I'm thinking of many ways to eat, cook, and juice them :)<br />http://LivingItUpAlternatively.blogspot.comREAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331787949375024926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-58510227112827176892014-10-20T14:20:01.640-04:002014-10-20T14:20:01.640-04:00That is one amazing sweet potato harvest, especial...That is one amazing sweet potato harvest, especially as you haven't even harvested half of them yet. Good thing they are such good keepers. And I soooo hear you on the garden pests. We were doing pretty good all summer with only the odd annoying pest once in a while and then bam - the slugs just went crazy. I haven't been able to keep ahead of them - they have probably eaten more of my lettuce and brassicas than I have.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-48646038774182218372014-10-20T10:08:48.738-04:002014-10-20T10:08:48.738-04:00That's a nice haul of sweet potatoes. Good tip...That's a nice haul of sweet potatoes. Good tip on using the heating mat to cure. How weedy did the potato patch get? I'm wondering if it is feasible to use sweet potatoes as a cover crop on unused plots in the community garden that get overrun with weeds. If it worked, would also produce a haul of potatoes for the food pantries in time for the holidays.David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-18929676077354103002014-10-20T10:06:14.335-04:002014-10-20T10:06:14.335-04:00What a haul of sweet potatoes! That is amazing. ...What a haul of sweet potatoes! That is amazing. I have yet to try planting them, but I think that next year is the year.Amy and Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15658856633392782533noreply@blogger.com