What's goin on in the garden......

remember the plant that I was having a hard time identifying? Found out it was Topee Tambo.
I harvested them last month.

I have re planted the rhizomes, and some have already sprouted.

The arrow-roots are growing nicely too.

Planted quite a few yams recently and one has sprouted.

There is an elephant foot yam coming up in my main raised bed.

Some Chinese potatoes I have planted are sprouting too.

Tune in for more updates!

A big ass yam..........

I planted some greater yams, Dioscorea alata last  April.  They are usually planted in April and are harvested from December- January. Harvested one last Sunday, it turned out to be 5.7 kilos. 

I normally dig out a hole of roughly one cubic foot and fill it with grass clippings, coconut husk fiber, leaves and kitchen waste mixed with the dug out soil. Then I plant a decent piece of  dormant yam in it. The foliage grows as a wine, and I usually plant the yam near a tree so that the wine can crawl up the tree. When the leaves start dying off in the winter it is ready for harvest.   

Arrowroot/ Maranta arundinacea/හුලංකීරිය

I have not tasted an arrowroot in years. I have been asking everybody to find me some to plant in my garden, but it was only last week a girl working in the hospital brought me a few small plants a root. I have planted them all, and keep you posted of their progress.