by Grammy Ginger » Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:52 pm
I threw some sweet potatoes under my newly planted citrus hedge last spring. As a living mulch, they cool the ground, a much-needed thing in hot, hot, PHX, AZ summers. After cutting back the vines again and again for the compost pile, I remembered an anecdote about a third world country. A few children in each village thrived, while the majority languished with malnutrition. It seems the thriving children's mothers mixed sweet potato leaves with their rice rations. Soooooo...I began using my abundance of sweet potato leaves as a spinach substitute. They taste pretty good.
Maybe one or more of you will file this idea in the back of your minds for future reference. I'm glad I remembered. Now, my greens are really, really local.
It's ok if nobody responds as this is a very "out there" post.