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Freshly dug ‘Evangeline’ Sweet Potatoes (except for a few stray purple Northern Star). Evangeline is an orange fleshed bush variety that produces tubers in around 90 days as opposed to the usual requisite 120 days for most types. These are all from plants grown from cuttings inserted vertically into the ground. My untested hypothesis is that this helps produce torpedo shaped tubers that descend vertically 🤔. The gnarly tuber at the bottom right is the same variety but planted out from a pot in its second year. The preexisting tuber has continued to grow but in a cracked and bizarre way #harvest #autumnharvest #sweetpotatoharvest #ipomoeabatatas #backyardveggies #urbanagriculture #homegrown #homegrownveggies #homegrowncarbs #covidgardening

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A productive planting of Rhubarb and three types of Taro (and some stray Hostas in pots - also edible). This is ‘down the side’ at my parents, a mysterious and confounding zone for domestic horticulture and rarely considered for edible gardening. This area has maybe 2-3 hours of direct sunlight at the height of summer, wedged between two houses. But there’s no overhead shade so plenty of useable photons bouncing around for plants with large leaves. Anyway, the proof is literally in the pudding as the Rhubarb has been magnificent this year and the Taro corms will be harvested in May through July #downtheside #rhubarbpatch #taropatch #colocasiaesculenta #foodgardens #lowlightgardening #photons #soundsscientific #ecophysiology #agroecology #urbanagriculture

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Bitter Melon are seriously bitter but somehow become moreish and yummy over time. Trust me on this one 😬. Anyway they look fantastic in the true sense of the word and also self-sow in late spring from the inevitable rotten fruit that fall to the ground in autumn #momordicacharantia #bittermelon #curcubitaceae #acquiredtaste #foodasmedicine #reallygoodforyou #uglybeautiful #asianvegetables #selfsown

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