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My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
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My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
We usually make sweet potato pie instead of pumpkin pie for thanksgiving. A few weeks ago I emptied two of my sweet potato half barrels and got a 5 gallon bucket full and did the same today. We have almost used up the white bucket on the right.

My sugar snaps won't mature.

Carrots.. I'll have to put my plastic over them and mulch.

Turnips and Cabbage

Cabbage and Brussel sprouts


My sugar snaps won't mature.

Carrots.. I'll have to put my plastic over them and mulch.

Turnips and Cabbage

Cabbage and Brussel sprouts

MrBooker-
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
Wow, that is a great fall garden.
yolos-
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
Thank you so Yolos. Thats why I try to encourage folks to grow a fall garden. My fall garden does as good, if not better than my spring garden. Things like carrots, beets and turnips turn the starch into sugar after a good frost.yolos wrote:Wow, that is a great fall garden.
A few years ago, I was digging carrots in my mulched hoop beds at 10 degrees.
MrBooker-
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
I have a fall garden every year. This year, because of the heat, I planted 5 - 6 weeks later than normal. So we shall see what matures before it gets too cold.MrBooker wrote:Thank you so Yolos. Thats why I try to encourage folks to grow a fall garden. My fall garden does as good, if not better than my spring garden. Things like carrots, beets and turnips turn the starch into sugar after a good frost.yolos wrote:Wow, that is a great fall garden.
A few years ago, I was digging carrots in my mulched hoop beds at 10 degrees.
yolos-
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
What a great idea. Fingers crossed I get some sweet taters this year year, so I can try it.MrBooker wrote:We usually make sweet potato pie instead of pumpkin pie for thanksgiving.
Your garden is awesome!

Your carrots don't look like they were thinned. Were they? What is your secret for such a beautiful crop?
Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
In general, just use your pumpkin pie recipe only use sweet potatoes. I didn't thin my carrots this year. No excuse. Truth is...... I just got lazy. I won't waste any when I harvest them. I actually pull the small ones and just wipe them off and eat them right in the garden. My wife says, "You're eating dirt". Nope, It's not dirt. It's MEL'S Mix....countrynaturals wrote:What a great idea. Fingers crossed I get some sweet taters this year year, so I can try it.MrBooker wrote:We usually make sweet potato pie instead of pumpkin pie for thanksgiving.
Your garden is awesome!![]()
Your carrots don't look like they were thinned. Were they? What is your secret for such a beautiful crop?

I'm 73 yrs old and when I was a child my dad made me work in the garden and I thought I hated it back then. When I was 17 and left home and got married, I still always had my garden. Guess I didn't hate it after all.
As for the secret to a beautiful crop, I have no secret. My wife tells me, "Work the soil, plant the seed and give it to God".
I have learned so much from this forum and truly blessed I found it and become a part of this great family.
MrBooker-
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
MrBooker wrote:In general, just use your pumpkin pie recipe only use sweet potatoes. I didn't thin my carrots this year. No excuse. Truth is...... I just got lazy. I won't waste any when I harvest them. I actually pull the small ones and just wipe them off and eat them right in the garden. My wife says, "You're eating dirt". Nope, It's not dirt. It's MEL'S Mix....countrynaturals wrote:What a great idea. Fingers crossed I get some sweet taters this year year, so I can try it.MrBooker wrote:We usually make sweet potato pie instead of pumpkin pie for thanksgiving.
Your garden is awesome!![]()
Your carrots don't look like they were thinned. Were they? What is your secret for such a beautiful crop?![]()
I'm 73 yrs old and when I was a child my dad made me work in the garden and I thought I hated it back then. When I was 17 and left home and got married, I still always had my garden. Guess I didn't hate it after all.
As for the secret to a beautiful crop, I have no secret. My wife tells me, "Work the soil, plant the seed and give it to God".
I have learned so much from this forum and truly blessed I found it and become a part of this great family.


FYI, I learned in an online seminar last year, that a tiny bit of dirt is actually good for us. We may be over-washing our organic veggies.

Maybe I'll take a chance and not thin my carrots, either. I may experiment and plant some more that I'll either thin or plant more sparsely and compare results.

Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
We were raised back in the Ozark hills of Missouri and I can remember my mom saying, "Don't worry about it, a little dirt is good for you". I like to pick sugar snap peas off the vine and eat them. My wife says, "Ain't you going to wash those? I say.... "crunch... crunch"countrynaturals wrote:MrBooker wrote:In general, just use your pumpkin pie recipe only use sweet potatoes. I didn't thin my carrots this year. No excuse. Truth is...... I just got lazy. I won't waste any when I harvest them. I actually pull the small ones and just wipe them off and eat them right in the garden. My wife says, "You're eating dirt". Nope, It's not dirt. It's MEL'S Mix....countrynaturals wrote:What a great idea. Fingers crossed I get some sweet taters this year year, so I can try it.MrBooker wrote:We usually make sweet potato pie instead of pumpkin pie for thanksgiving.
Your garden is awesome!![]()
Your carrots don't look like they were thinned. Were they? What is your secret for such a beautiful crop?![]()
I'm 73 yrs old and when I was a child my dad made me work in the garden and I thought I hated it back then. When I was 17 and left home and got married, I still always had my garden. Guess I didn't hate it after all.
As for the secret to a beautiful crop, I have no secret. My wife tells me, "Work the soil, plant the seed and give it to God".
I have learned so much from this forum and truly blessed I found it and become a part of this great family.This forum is a living gardening encyclopedia.
FYI, I learned in an online seminar last year, that a tiny bit of dirt is actually good for us. We may be over-washing our organic veggies.![]()
Maybe I'll take a chance and not thin my carrots, either. I may experiment and plant some more that I'll either thin or plant more sparsely and compare results.
MrBooker-
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
MrBooker wrote:We were raised back in the Ozark hills of Missouri and I can remember my mom saying, "Don't worry about it, a little dirt is good for you". I like to pick sugar snap peas off the vine and eat them. My wife says, "Ain't you going to wash those? I say.... "crunch... crunch"
Same here -- cherry toms, too.

Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
+1MrBooker wrote: . . . I'm 73 yrs old and when I was a child my dad made me work in the garden and I thought I hated it back then. When I was 17 and left home and got married, I still always had my garden. Guess I didn't hate it after all.
As for the secret to a beautiful crop, I have no secret. My wife tells me, "Work the soil, plant the seed and give it to God".
I have learned so much from this forum and truly blessed I found it and become a part of this great family.
Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
Great thread! 

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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
i was born in a lil town in south central Louisiana known for their sweet taters. Every year they have a festival they call the yambolie its good fun we love them and eat them all year around. But now that its fall we eat lots of them. Growing up as a kid every fall there was a bowl of them on the table. Baked they were a stable for every thing.
Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
Ah.. Yes. Brings back good memories. We like them just boiled with the the skins on and cut'em open and put butter on them.Cajun Cappy wrote:i was born in a lil town in south central Louisiana known for their sweet taters. Every year they have a festival they call the yambolie its good fun we love them and eat them all year around. But now that its fall we eat lots of them. Growing up as a kid every fall there was a bowl of them on the table. Baked they were a stable for every thing.
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
Talking about sweet taters here is one of our fall favorites pork and sweet potato stew.

Here is the how to make it picture post:
http://cappyandpegody.blogspot.com/2019/10/ol-fashioned-cajun-pork-and-sweet.html
Here is the how to make it picture post:
http://cappyandpegody.blogspot.com/2019/10/ol-fashioned-cajun-pork-and-sweet.html
Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
Man... I gotta try it. Thanks.
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
OBTW Sappy. That Worcester sauce is pronounced WHATS THIS HERE SAUCE......
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Woops
Sorry Cappy. I mis-spelled your name.MrBooker wrote:OBTW Sappy. That Worcester sauce is pronounced WHATS THIS HERE SAUCE......

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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
it's ok, it gets misspelled often. so I read through ti. A;ls well we just call it woo sauce
Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
I like that -- woo sauce -- saves tongue work.Cajun Cappy wrote:it's ok, it gets misspelled often. so I read through ti. A;ls well we just call it woo sauce

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Congratulations on your sweet potato crop. I planted them several years ago and really loved them. It is such a pleasant surprise to dig down (I planted mine in the ground) and uncover these gems.
What I really like from your post is the photo of the carrots. I have never had any luck with carrots and gave up trying. Now that I see your pots, I can't wait for next spring. Carrots will not tolerate anything but smooth soil, free of rocks and almost any obstacles that will cause the carrots to grow deformed or stunted. With these pots, I should be able to control the soil much better than digging in the ground. Thank you for sharing!
BTW, what is the capacity of your pots? How much soil mixture did you use?
Sandra
What I really like from your post is the photo of the carrots. I have never had any luck with carrots and gave up trying. Now that I see your pots, I can't wait for next spring. Carrots will not tolerate anything but smooth soil, free of rocks and almost any obstacles that will cause the carrots to grow deformed or stunted. With these pots, I should be able to control the soil much better than digging in the ground. Thank you for sharing!
BTW, what is the capacity of your pots? How much soil mixture did you use?
Sandra
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Re: My sweet, sweet, sweet taters.
The pots are the plastic half barrels from the big box stores. I planted 3 plants in each pot. I have 4 half barrels total.
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Hollow taters
My one experiment in growing sweet potatoes ended up producing a one large root and a few scrawny ones. However, the big one was completely hollow! I guess something ate it and left the skin. I'm not a big fan of sweet potatoes, and they are a bit hard to grow here, so I never tried again, but I still wonder what varmint got at that one!
My next experiment is a cooking one: I read about sweet potato toast, and bought a couple of taters at the store to try it with. First thing I read was about slicing them as thin as a slice of bread and actually putting the slices in a toaster, but said it would take 3 or 4 toastings to get them done. Then someone else said to bake the slices almost done, then toast them. My toaster oven and I will be experimenting this evening.
My next experiment is a cooking one: I read about sweet potato toast, and bought a couple of taters at the store to try it with. First thing I read was about slicing them as thin as a slice of bread and actually putting the slices in a toaster, but said it would take 3 or 4 toastings to get them done. Then someone else said to bake the slices almost done, then toast them. My toaster oven and I will be experimenting this evening.
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