There’s something to be said about letting nature do her thing. Take a look at these sweet potatoes (yes, that mass of vine is sweet potato!) Can you imagine the golden harvest this woman is going to realize come fall? Break out the casserole dishes, roll out the pie pans, we’re having sweet potatoes for dinner! And dessert.
Appetizers, anyone?
Now Mandie would not normally allow her garden to grow so wild and unmanageable, but she’s sort of displaced at the moment. Air conditioner broke and in Florida, during August mind you, this is no minor issue. Why, her two little boys could die of heat exhaustion if she didn’t move them out and quick! But with a mother’s survival instinct comes a gardener’s back burner. The sweet potatoes must now fend for themselves.
Which you see, they seem to do quite well. Not surprising, since these babes are one of the easier veggies to grow. Lovers of sandy soil, light water and minimal food — sounds more like a beach babe waif than sweet potato, doesn’t it? — bothered by a few bugs, yes, but nothing they can’t survive. Why, this crisis is a no-brainer for them!
last year's offspring
As if this example wasn’t proof enough, I have a wild child of my own, growing with abandon in the opposite end of the garden.
Looks better than the ones I’m actually paying attention to and trying to grow!
Go figure.
this year's crop
So if you want an easy, healthy vegetable to grow, consider the sweet potato. Chocked full of anti-oxidants, Vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), Vitamin C, as well as a good source of Vitamin B6, this one is an all out winner on the serving plate.
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