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.