Sweet Potato Harvest

Yesterday we harvested our first of four rows of sweet potatoes (about 100 lbs).  These Carolina Ruby sweet potatoes grow exceptionally well in central North Carolina even when we have a dry summer like this year.  We will keep them in the garage (covered and damp) for about 2 weeks to cure, at which point they will be ready to eat or store in the house for up to 6 months.

FYI, today I have a guest post at Robb Wolf’s site called The Grass is Greener, but the Weeds are Taller.  In this post, I outline some of my plans for the farm now that my days are a bit busier with the new website My Athletic Life.  Please take a peek at my guest post as well as the new site if you have time.

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Farm Happenings

This morning I spent several productive hours working outside in the garden.  First up was a quick weeding of the previously mulched garlic.  And the weeds turned into much appreciated cow chow.

Next, I transplanted my first batch of 60 tomato plants which I started from seed in mid-February.   The nice surprise in this task was finding earthworms galore as I dug the holes for the tomatoes.  All of that hard work in soil improvement is most definitely paying off.

A few days ago, I retrieved a small swarm of bees from one of my hives.  Luckily, the swarm settled down in a semi-dwarf apple tree which made the job of getting them into a new hive almost trivial.

Lastly, I wrote another guest post for Robb Wolf this week about Growing Sweet Potatoes.  Please check it out.

Thanks for reading.