"The prophet said to plant a garden, that's just what we'll do!"
This spring, our ward's Relief Society taught about square foot gardening. Also, in Cub Scouts, Ben started growing a sweet potato vine in a jar. Aaron and I discussed it, and we decided to plant a garden this year. We were hesitant - after all, it was approaching June in El Paso. We planted zucchini and squash, carrots, a tomato plant, a pepper plant, basil, a geranium that I had acquired from a baby shower, and Ben's sweet potato from scouts. It was fun to see how quickly some of those plants grew! 
After a while of patient watering and weeding, we had squash and zucchini! Ben's sweet potato started branching out and creeping out of the box. At the end of July, that darn sweet potato plant started taking over so much room from the other plants. My mom had mentioned that her grandmother had a sweet potato vine growing outside of her house. A vine means lattice work! So off we went to Lowe's for lattice. There was so much vine at that point that we had to trim it down. It was incredible to us that we were pulling off pieces that were as tall as Aaron!
Our garden has led us to some neat recipes! We have decided that we like zucchini seasoned and grilled, but zucchini bread is our favorite preparation. Homemade pesto is easy to make, and wildly delicious! We have baggies of it in our freezer.
The squash plant is now falling out of the box, and some of it's leaves are taller than Audrey. But the sweet potato vine was an enigma. Above ground, it was growing like wildfire, and the plant was heavy on the lattice. I have been so curious as to what was happening underground!
Aaron just kept pulling them up! There were 15 little (and not so little) sweet potatoes hiding in that dirt! The kids and I were stunned! How cool is that - that a Cub Scout sweet potato in a jar would have flourished so much!
This spring, our ward's Relief Society taught about square foot gardening. Also, in Cub Scouts, Ben started growing a sweet potato vine in a jar. Aaron and I discussed it, and we decided to plant a garden this year. We were hesitant - after all, it was approaching June in El Paso. We planted zucchini and squash, carrots, a tomato plant, a pepper plant, basil, a geranium that I had acquired from a baby shower, and Ben's sweet potato from scouts. It was fun to see how quickly some of those plants grew! 
After a while of patient watering and weeding, we had squash and zucchini! Ben's sweet potato started branching out and creeping out of the box. At the end of July, that darn sweet potato plant started taking over so much room from the other plants. My mom had mentioned that her grandmother had a sweet potato vine growing outside of her house. A vine means lattice work! So off we went to Lowe's for lattice. There was so much vine at that point that we had to trim it down. It was incredible to us that we were pulling off pieces that were as tall as Aaron!
Our garden has led us to some neat recipes! We have decided that we like zucchini seasoned and grilled, but zucchini bread is our favorite preparation. Homemade pesto is easy to make, and wildly delicious! We have baggies of it in our freezer. 
The squash plant is now falling out of the box, and some of it's leaves are taller than Audrey. But the sweet potato vine was an enigma. Above ground, it was growing like wildfire, and the plant was heavy on the lattice. I have been so curious as to what was happening underground!Until today. :)
Last night, we had a pretty good windstorm. The lattice fell over and was squishing the other plants. Because it was so heavy with vines, it was really hard to put back up - and Aaron and I decided that we would need to cut it back. In the process of breaking it away from the lattice, I urged, "Just pull it up, Aaron! I want to know what's under it!"
And this is what we found!
Aaron just kept pulling them up! There were 15 little (and not so little) sweet potatoes hiding in that dirt! The kids and I were stunned! How cool is that - that a Cub Scout sweet potato in a jar would have flourished so much! So guess what's for dinner tonight?
:)
5 comments:
Very Cool! I have yet to plant a garden. I tend to kill things while still in the early stages. Our lemon tree is doing great as long as Grant doesn't keep picking them before they are ready! :)
jealous! It looks like El Paso is for sure good for at least one thing - gardening!!!!
awesome! i love gardens. and pesto. yum!
That is so cool- and funny!! That is the best thing about gardening- you never know what you are going to get!!! Enjoy your yummy veggies!
what a fun project! nice to see "fruits" of your labors! Our garden is still dirt:) Pesto does sound delish!
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