The last few years, I have had more luck with winter veggies like lettuce, chard, kale, broccoli, cauliflower and snow peas. I plant seedlings in early November and we eat fresh salad greens through early-mid February.
When the spring temperatures start warming, the lettuce bolts and I clean out my garden, toss the remaining plants in the compost bin and let the soil rest until November. Until this year...
When I was getting ready to clean out the garden, I found a nice little surprise in the compost bin, potatoes that had sprouted. I asked my friend Anne, from Anne of Green Gardens, if these plants could be productive and make more potatoes if I transplanted them into my garden. She seemed to think they would, so I carefully removed them from the compost. | |
I was pretty shocked that there were already little potatoes growing around the roots. Nature is awesome! | |
Off to the garden with my pretty, new potatoes. | |
Even thought it only had a few small sprouts, I decided to plant this yam that was sprouting in the compost bin as well. |