We had some more wet weather yesterday, with a lot of wind. In this weird year, it's good when some moisture comes with the inordinate amount of wind we seem to be having these days.
How many times have I put the greenhouse back together and replanted the posies on the stand that keeps blowing over?
A never-ending saga!
The most recent rain not only gave the soil a good soaking, but it also left behind some pretty scenes with flowers and bushes.
Now, we move on to summer---after today and throughout next week, we should be hitting the 90s, which is very unusual for early June.
I'm figuring that after Sunday night, I can transplant the rest of my cucumbers, a move which will make the garden complete.
This week I discovered a surprise in my garden behind the barn: sweet potatoes!
Two or three years ago, I bought some sweet potato starts from Moose Valley and managed to keep them alive through the summer.
That Thanksgiving, I even included a small dish of homegrown sweet potatoes on the table.
Since not everyone in our family is fond of sweet potatoes, that year, the perfect amount led to an empty dish rather than leftovers.
Having never dealt with sweet potato production, I had no idea how extensive their root network gets to be.
I'm learning after two years that it's somewhat endless.
Just when I thought I had removed the root system from my manure piles, more showed up this spring.
Once again, I removed what had been broken up by turning the soil with the tractor loader.
Apparently, the root system is alive and well. At first I thought we had a nice array of volunteer potatoes popping up. Then, I looked closer.
Nope, those are sweet potatoes.
I'm hoping this year, the root system produces some bigger tubers and that we can actually have leftover homegrown sweet potatoes this Thanksgiving.
It's all a mystery to this sweet potato newbie, and the sudden appearance of those plants makes the gardening show for 2021 that much more fun.
Maybe we'll have sweet potatoes taking up space forever, kinda like raspberries!
This newest edition of Sandpoint Magazine is available for free at several spots around town.
If you don't live in Sandpoint, however, you can still enjoy the stories and pictures of people, animals and happenings around our beautiful area.
Simply click the link below, and once you've gotten there, click the "online flipbook."
Lots of good reading, so I'll shut up, and you can check it out.
Happy Friday.
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