Sweet Potato Harvest

This year we managed to clear the largest flat area on our farm and plant it with Sweet Potatoes.
I planted five varieties and all did very well.

Above the brush fire is still smoldering as we turn the twigs into ash for fertilizer.  

In the photo above you can see the massive Eucalyptus trees that still need to be cut down. For now 'ring-barking' them makes the leaves fall off, allowing the sun to enter the gardens.  

A freshly harvested row shows the fantastic forest soil we begin with, now just to keep the natural balance intact and the gardens will keep giving forever.

Sabrina helps to unearth more rows of yummy food.  The leaves are also excellent to cook with.

Mitra is a huge help at gathering all the sweet potatoes as they are unearthed and gently placing them in a bucket for transport.

We dry them in the sun for a day or three, until going into storage.

At the present we have to store them inside our house, which is rather full of food this time of year.
Our future project is to build a storage house in the backyard that will be cool and dark year round.
Above is about 10% of our total harvest.  We have enough to feed 4 adults and 2 children daily for 6 months now, and still more left over for a pig in the future.
Next year we have a new variety to try and then we will have 6 different varieties growing at once!