Recipe for Mashed Sweet
Potatoes
Ingredients
:
5 small sweet
potatoes
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Salt
pepper
Peel and cut the sweet potatoes in
quarters. Place in salted
water in a pot. Boil till soft.
Drain Well. Season with salt and
pepper. Add the yogurt and butter
and mash. This is my favorite
recipe and it will serve 4 and the
kids will love it, too! You can of
course adjust the ingredients to
the amount needed. Not a rocket
science project here! This
recipe also works well with the
reduced for clearance
sweet potatoes! Just cut off the
brown sections you find on
the potatoes.
Four-Cheese
Potato-Stuffed Mushrooms
Recipe
Gardening With
Charlie - What's Eating My
Potatoes?
(Family
Features) - Kathy Bond-Borie
- Potatoes are a fun crop to grow,
especially when it comes time to dig
for those buried treasures.
Unfortunately, there are numerous
pests that are also fond of potatoes.
Here are the most common and what to
do about them.
Colorado Potato
Beetle
In spite of the name, these insects
can be found in most states.
Both the adults, which are yellowish
with black stripes, and the larvae,
which are dark red or orange with
black spots, feed on potato foliage.
Check the undersides of leaves for
their orange egg masses and rub them
off. Dispose of beetles in a can of
soapy water. Bacillus thuringiensis
San Diego kills the young
larvae and it's harmless to
beneficial insects, animals, and
humans.
Flea
Beetle
Flea beetles are tiny, black or
brown, and pesky. They chew small
holes in plant leaves and can do
serious damage fast if they attack
young plants. To foil these pests,
cover young plants with fabric row
covers as soon as you set them out.
Keep flea beetle populations low
through crop rotation and by
maintaining high soil organic
matter.
Aphid
These tiny insects can transmit
virus diseases. They suck juices
from the leaves and stems of potato
plants, stunting their growth.
Insecticidal soap sprays are an
effective control.
Wireworm
Wireworms are the larvae of the
click beetle. They're a problem
when potatoes are planted in a
section of garden that was recently
in sod. Fully-grown wireworms are
1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long, slender,
and brownish or yellowish white.
They tunnel into plant roots and
tubers, spoiling them. If your soil
is heavily infested, contact your
Extension Service for advice on
solving the problem.
Diseases
You may have a disease problem in
the potato patch one year and none
at all the next. The weather plays
a big part in the health of a
potato crop. Moisture and
temperature conditions may trigger
certain diseases, which will spread
rapidly through the potato rows.
But there's no need to simply
sit back and let the weather
determine the fate of your
crop.
To protect your
crop, rotate the potato plot each
year. Plant healthy, certified seed
potatoes. If you have severe
disease problems, consider using a
standard potato dust or spray
regularly throughout the season.
These are chemical mixtures that
prevent some diseases such as late
blight. They thwart some pests,
too, such as the Colorado potato
beetle. If you use a potato dust or
spray, read and follow the
directions carefully. To be
effective, most standard dusts must
be applied to the potato foliage
every 7 to 10 days, beginning when
the plants emerge from the
ground.
The fungus that
causes common scab lives in the
soil for many years. It's not
active when the soil pH is below
5.4, so if you have a serious scab
problem, take a soil pH test. You
may want to lower the pH by adding
wood ashes to the potato bed. Avoid
lime, which raises the pH.
For more tips
and garden information visit
www.garden.org.
A former floral
designer and interior plantscaper,
Kathy Bond-Borie has spent 20 years
as a garden writer/editor,
including her current role as
Horticultural Editor for the
National Gardening Association. She
loves designing with plants, and
spends more time playing in the
garden - planting and trying new
combinations - than sitting and
appreciating it.
SOURCE:
National
Gardening
Association
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Starters
Sides
(Family Features)
- Whether entertaining a large group or a
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culinary flair is with a spread of
starters and sides. And, with timesaving
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