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Saturday Spotlight on Sunday – Kipfler Potatoes
I planted a few Kipfler potatoes this week. I think they are my favourite potato variety to grow (although Dutch Cream comes a very close second). The reasons I love Kipfler are three fold. They are quick – they mature … Continue reading
Potatoes all year round???
I’ve spent the last year trying to achieve self sufficiency in potatoes. I like the idea of self sufficiency in anything for two reasons: to borrow a phrase from Diary of a Tomato: it always feels good to “disengage from the military industrial complex” by not … Continue reading
Sweet Potatoes
Aren’t sweet potato plants cool? If you let them get on with their own thing – ie; growing, they are very dedicated to task. This is what happens when their roaming stems root into the soil: They form little sweet potatoes. Actually … Continue reading
Roasted Sweet Potato & Parsnip Soup
My daughter must be learning about the seasons at school at the moment as she keeps mentioning how tomorrow is the first day of winter. Personally I think having to run to the shower so as not to lose too … Continue reading
Growing Sweet Potatoes in Melbourne – Part 2
Look what’s happened to me again. I say again because exactly the same thing happened last year. A long forgotten sweet potato decided to shoot while abandoned in the back of my cupboard. Cool huh? Like last year I plan … Continue reading
