Sweet potato can survive not being watered in Western Australia

I just completed a job that has been left waiting for at least a month: repairing the retic for the sweet potato out the front.

I'm feeling very pleased with myself :) Sweat dripping down my face as I was working  lol... put a tap on the end of the dripperline for easy flushing next time (even a pregnant or new mother could do it ;))

The amazing thing is that the sweet potato has done so well - clearly the best source of carbohydrate for Western Australians. Hands down.

Winter 2012 sweet potato - only part of the harvest!

It does really need water to produce a good yield, but tubers will stay in the ground with no water for at least 6 weeks and leaves will not wilt. The ultimate test of resilience in my book since the last few weeks in Perth have seen some extreme heat - around 40 degree Celsius some days. And no rain.

Taking over the world one project at a time!

I have a cunning plan.

I am going to blog about my projects, one by one, getting each one finished to a good state and giving a yield if possible.

All useful work is 'fair game' - and most is the kind of work that may only need to be done once and then continue to yield. Worm farm establishment, reticulation, fertilising the garden, house repairs, planting a fruit tree, picking and eating, blogging and some whimsical stuff.

Projects will usually have a yield, my focus until we have approximately 80% of our fresh produce from the yard. Jackie French advises that this is eminently 'do-able'

A garden on a slope in Italy from our trip in 2010. Note the monorail in the foreground - humans will find ways to transport food efficiently!

My strategy is simple:

Plan for efficiency
Do
Finish
Reflect and share the love ;)

Sharing the love will be done with words and pictures on this blog and other times video blogs to Sustainable Solutions Australia on Youtube. We all want beautiful productive systems and an encouraging community.

Ready, set, go!