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[akroberts]

I got the small raised bed filled. I can't do anything else because the rain came in last night and before that I woke up feeling like death warmed over. I will post pictures.

 

[akroberts]

I'm putting my tree next to the end cabinet of my kitchen but I don't like plain Jane.

 

[Moon888]

i love sweet potatoes (the texture and flavor is a lot like our favorite squash) and they have a lot of nutrition. i've never eaten the leaves. we've only grown them here once (a long time ago) and it was quite a trial to get them harvested from the heavy mostly clay soil we have. i think if i were to try them again i'd have to finish the fencing because the deer would graze them back to nothing.

I could imagine making a vegetable curry out of the leaves?

 

[Moon888]

Today I was weeding in the greenhouse garden when I saw a sweet potato coming up out of the ground and I was concerned, considering this is my first time growing them. I asked for some advice about them and just may very well have found a new vegetable for me. The leaves are edible just as the same as kale and spinach. I might try to find a way to sneak them into other dishes to get my family to eat better

I guess, once they take hold (I've been battling for 2 years, because of the non-stop rains here, AU) AND when I do get mine to sprout, I will now harvest leaves for my birds (chooks, peas, guineas and ducks)

 

[Moon888]

I don't have any roosters. I purchased them from a feed store.

Been wondering whether I should get a rooster ... I have a large pen with 3 peas, 3 guineas, 4 ducks (which I will be getting rid of soon), and 2 chooks. The peafowl have been playing up since the pen has become crowded, so a rooster could be "trouble"?