Here it is.... the "2018 tomato cage" repurposed as the new 2019 Sweet Potato Cage. Much better I think! Whereas the tomatoes were frail, picky, and prone to rotty, fungally things, the sweet potatoes are exuberant and glad to be here in HOT humid Florida. The sweet potato cage features the six varieties from Gurneys:
- Beauregard
- Bush Porto Rico
- Georgia Jet
- O'Henry
- Covington
- Vardaman
There's a sad ending to sweet potato south - the deer won, the sweet potatoes were snacked on and decimated, and bunny was exonerated from his false accusation. I gave up... it's not worth putting up a wall to keep the deer out when I can have a gorgeous sweet potato cage closer to the house where I can keep an eye on it and deer tend not to lurk. BUT just to be sure, the sweet potato cage has a netting around it to deter Bambi, Ginger, and Ginormous (our deer family). It's too magical to see the deer in the night eating from Corn Mountain - why would we want them to go away? I just hope the netting below keeps Sweet Potato Cage safe from deer snacking.
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| The glorious sweet potato cage complete with vines climbing the strings secured with plastic clamps. |
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| The vines love climbing the strings with the plastic clamps. |
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| It's nice to see the sweet potatoes happy. |
