Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneA sweet potato slip on 5 June, eight leaves off one crown and no two shapes alike — some plain broad hearts with a deep notch at the base, others on the same plant cut into three angular lobes, one turned over to show a paler underside.Week of 6 JulySweet potato slips on 6 July running flat from one crown, carrying whole hearts and three-lobed blades on the same stem and a purple blotch struck into each blade exactly where the stalk joins it, the oldest leaves yellow-green and rain-beaded.Week of 31 AugustA sweet potato vine on 31 August carrying both leaf shapes at once — some broad and entire, some cut into three deep lobes — on purple-flushed stems that spill over the rim and root down wherever they touch, the road just beyond.
