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Blue Potatoes
Never one to be accused of being patient, I just had to find out what the blue potatoes were doing under the soil. Selecting the weakest looking plant, I sent my trowel down into the soil and loosened the plant roots, careful not to scar the potatoes. I then grabbed the plant with my fist and pulled upward which unearthed several dark colored globes. I then dug around the hole searching out the ones left behind. The color is…
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Discovery: Onion Blossom and Sunflower
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Harvesting Garlic
Last fall, I planted a three foot by three foot space of garlic in the back corner of my herb garden for the second year in a row. I planted three or four varieties, including elephant garlic that I received in a Papa Spuds delivery and some Spanish Garlic, which I saved from last year’s harvest. Last year, while the bulbs did develop and packed a flavor punch, due to the lack of nutrients, they were so tiny they almost…
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The Last May Morning
We may be another 21 days off from the official first day of summer, but here in Raleigh, NC it will be a balmy 98 degrees today, which tells me that summer is already upon us! Were the air not thick enough to cut with a butter knife, we’d make it a day to fill up the kiddie pool, but all I can handle is a couple snapshots this morning. It was so humid, I had to wipe condensation off…
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Starting your own Sweet Potato Slips
Finding sweet potato plants in nurseries can be hit or miss. My local nursery Logan’s gets a shipment of them each spring, but they go very fast. Not knowing if I would find plants, I decided to start my own. I picked out a potato, stuck one bumpy end in a small jar and filled it with water. In a couple days, sprouts were forming. After a week, I added wooden skewers to the potato to separate it from the…
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Discovery: Asparagus in the Morning Dew
