It was all hands on deck yesterday preparing raised beds for two species of indigenous sweet potatoes in the Burnley Field Station. Jess Gardner’s research project will test water and nutrient regimes and we’ll get to see how they grow at Melbourne’s latitude. Big thanks to Nick Osborne for coming back as a volunteer to plough and cultivate the growing area (you can see him in the background on the red tractor)! #digging #shovelling #workingupasweat #hatweather #bendyourknees #goodposture #raisedbeds #dustydirt #discplough #fieldtrials #novelcrops

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