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sweet potatoes

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They grow well here, and I've grown them from slips just for the pretty 
heart-shaped leaves on the long trailing vines. Folk will put a sp in a jar 
of water and sprout it out and let it trail all over a sunny window.
But they really take a long growing season and love the heat. I cant say 
about harvest because I've only grown them for the foliage as ornamentals. 
Malabar spinach is another one that's great to grow for vining effects and 
is edible even if it is an acquired taste. It makes HUGE dark green leaves 
and the hotter and sunnier, the more it likes it. An annual that will often 
self seed in the patch. I used to grow this along the West wall of a 
peafowl run so they'd have greens to eat and something to shade them. 
Worked great.
Back in my "counting pennies for gas" days, if it weren't for my little 
laying flock of hens and malabar spinach I probably would have starved! 
 But one can only eat scrambled eggs and spinach so many times before you 
learn to grow a real garden!
martha


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