This weekend I finished planting all of the early stuff--except for the potatoes. I did not cut them early enough. They need time to "scab over" so they don't rot when you plant them. I will be planting Yukon Gold potatoes. I'm still trying to find sweet potatoes and experiment a little with them. Even though the Minnesota growing season is supposedly too short, I've read a few posts online about people planting them here and in North Dakota and having some success. I would also like to try lengthening the growing season further into the fall and possibly winter as Ms. Stout did by placing bales of hay over her potatoes to keep the ground from freezing.
I need to do some more research on over-wintering plants. I know someone who over-winters garlic here, and my carrots that were not successful (I thought), last fall were still in the ground this weekend when I went out to plant. I picked and tried them and they were fabulous! I expected woody, tasteless carrots, but they were great!
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