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Tag: sweet potato

  • What’s Growing Now – October 2023

    October was still quite warm with a few days of cooler weather indicating fall is on the way. The major harvest this month was digging 50 pounds of sweet potatoes. Summer crops like beans, squash, peppers, okra and tomatoes are still producing. For flowers, the okra, zinnias, coreopsis, hollyhocks, chocolate flowers, feverfew and marigolds continue…

  • What’s Growing Now – September 2023

    September has felt a little cooler than normal, yet still warm weather for sure. We often still have hot weather in September, but this year was fairly pleasant on most days. The cooler weather for getting the next round of lettuce started (they don’t germinate well in the heat). Summer produce is still growing well,…

  • What’s Growing Now – May 2023

    May started off with a warming trend getting into the high 80’s (low 30’s for our metric friends), then dropped to high 60’s (around 20 Celsius) as our May grey settled in. It’s a typical pattern here where May and June get a strong marine layer bringing low clouds and overcast mornings, usually burning off…

  • What’s Growing Now – October 2022

    Our weather has cooled off with night temperatures into the 40’s (under 10 Celsius) and pleasantly warm days in the 70’s (low 20’s Celsius). Summer vegetables are slowing down and it is time for a transition to cool season winter crops. Harvesting Now Winter Squash has been harvested with about 20 pounds of mostly Kabocha…