Friday, May 17, 2019

Peas, Potatoes, and Tomatoes

I planted a small row of peas and got some volunteer potatoes that sprouted up out of the compost I used to fertilize the peas. I've got extra space so I'm letting them grow.


If I recall correctly these tomatoes were started indoors maybe a few weeks after I started sprouting the sweet potatoes. They are a cherry tomato variety. I'm using overhead emitters to water them. I prepared the soil with a good amount of worm castings from my worm bin since tomatoes are heavy feeders.


Strawberries Look Promising

Last fall I buried the strawberries in a pile of wood scraps. They are now starting to push through the pile. I expect it will take several seasons for these limbs to fully digest into the soil, but I'm sure the strawberries are already feeding off of them to a degree.


Here are some up close pictures of the forming berries:





2019 Sweet Potato Harvest

I yielded about 3-4 lbs of sweet potatoes (1/4 of a 5 gallon bucket) from the one sweet potato I sprouted (from last year's harvest). ...