Posts from the ‘Sweet Potatoes’ Category
Well I finally got around to harvesting my sweet potatoes. I feel back to my old self and recovered from my surgery so that is great news! I was supposed to dig these up on August 10th, but didn’t get around to digging them til this past Saturday. I started these sweet potato slips back […]
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I had surgery on Monday to remove a tumor found on my kidney. Everything went well, the doctor got all the tumor and I was able to come home on Wednesday. I have been tired and sore but I feel better everyday. I am so grateful to God for the miracle of finding my cancer […]
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The seeds I planted a few weeks ago have sprouted! I took a few pictures of the sprouts as well as my okra and a blossom. Lots of plants have a flower that forms into the vegetable but with okra, there is one beautiful yellow and purple flower and a bunch of okra pods close […]
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My summer garden has recently taken on phase two as I just pulled out the cucumbers, tomatoes, and flowers and planted two different varieties of green beans, cucumbers, radishes and watermelons. Texas has such long hot summers, I think I will be able to get another harvest of those before summer is over. I decided […]
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Here’s a few pictures for an update of my garden. My sweet potatoes are getting really bushy, and I still plan to harvest them the first week in August. I have a few watermelon and a honey-dew melon. My watermelon experiment seems to be working but I got lazy and gave up on pulling off […]
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Here’s a few pictures from my garden I took this past Saturday. My bell peppers are doing great. Out of four plants I counted over 20 peppers of all different sizes. I picked three today. I love the banana peppers! They are small and not too hot. I found some aphids on my sweet potatoes […]
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One thing I have noticed about my sweet potato plants is their one purple leaf. The newest leaf is purple and it slowly turns green just in time for a new purple leaf to pop up. I have often wished I had a time-lapse camera on my garden because everything grows so quickly. I have […]
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I ordered my sweet potato plants online and they arrived in great shape. I bought 12 plants for $13 but received 18 plants! I probably have planted them too close to each other, but last year I wish I would have planted more, so I will see. They seem to love their new home. I […]
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My sweet potatoes arrived yesterday and I had three beds waiting for them. I am very pleased with my order from George’s Plant Farm. I ordered 12 plants and received about 18. I turned over the soil with my small hand shovel and planted the small plants. In the directions included with the plants it […]
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I just returned from a week-long trip to Utah and I had a blast with friends and family. It’s nice to be home with my family and be in my garden again. I was so anxious to get home and harvest my potatoes because my husband said they were ready. We dug them up yesterday […]
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