Finding A Place for Your Roots.

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In their infinite wisdom, my taters waited until those last few frosts passed over until peeping out. I wish I could claim that these were some old-timey variety that I've been keeping for years, but unlike seeds, roots are a little harder for a person as mobile as me to keep. In the future I hope to be able to keep my own sweet potatoes, taters, walking and multiplier onions from year to year, but you can't just n chuck a jar of taters in your freezer until you can get a piece of ground to grow on! There are also a lot of ailments that can make things more challenging for tuber stewardship. I DO have some heirloom sweet potatoes coming along this year. I've long yearned to build one of those old-time seed starting hotboxes. Ray Dellinger gave me great directions about it years ago, and maybe next spring will be the time to do it after I've grown a little more stock.--Wm.

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