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Growing Sweet Potatoes – From Bed to Table

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GROWING SWEET POTATOES – FROM BED TO TABLE – SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014 from 10-11 a.m.

Start making plans to raise a bumper crop of sweet potatoes in your own backyard or containers in 2014! 

Join the Durham County Extension Master Gardener & Briggs Ave. Community Garden member Leanna Murphy for a taste test & discussion of the best sweet potato varieties for North Carolinians on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 10-11 a.m. at the Durham County Cooperative Extension Office, 721 Foster Street, Durham NC 27701.

In this FREE 1-hour talk, we’ll have tips on how to maximize your yield of these easy-to-grow, tasty and nutritious vegetables plus a few fun facts about our state vegetable.

This FREE program is open to the public; all are welcome to attend. Please pre-register with Pana Jones at the Extension Office by calling 919-560-0525 or send an email to: prjones2@ncsu.edu .

NC Sweet Potatoes presentation

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NC Sweet Potatoes

When: Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Where:South Regional Library, South Alston Avenue, Durham, NC, United States

Start making plans to raise a bumper crop of sweet potatoes. Join Master Gardeners for a taste test & discussion of the best sweet potatoes for NC. Learn tips on maximizing your yield of thes easy-to-grow , tasty & nutritious vegetable. Part of our Master Gardener series. Registration is required. Contact Cathy Starkweather at 919-560-7410

Mid-April Classes

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April 14, 2-4pm: Sweet Potatoes: Bed to Table

Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St Durham, NC 27708
Meet at the Burpee Learning Center in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden to work alongside an expert as you learn more about vegetable gardening

Join a Durham County Extension Master Gardener to learn all about growing sweet potatoes and ornamental sweet potatoes, variety selection, and management. Call 919-668-1707 or email slsmith@duke.edu to register for this event.

April 16, 6:30 – 8 pm:  Durham Garden Forum – Ground Covers with Doug Chapman of Plantworks.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St Durham, NC 27708

Please join the Durham Garden Forum for a presentation on Groundcovers with Doug Chapman of Plantworks Nursery. There is a $10 fee for nonmembers. For more information or to register email durhamgardenforum@gmail.com

April 20, 10am – 12pm: Gardening with Allergies
West Point on the Eno Park
5101 North Roxboro Road
Durham, NC 27704

Are you someone that loves gardening, but you
hate how you feel while you are in your garden?
Join us as a master gardener teaches about ways
to garden with allergies. For more information:
Phone: 919-471-1623, option 2
E-mail: Jessica.Leff@Durhamnc.gov

April 21 2-4pm: Talkin Tomatoes 

Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St Durham, NC 27708
Meet at the Burpee Learning Center in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden to work alongside an expert as you learn more about vegetable gardening

Please join and Durham Extension Master Gardener Volunteer in the Burpee Learning Center in the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden to learn all about growing your own tomatoes just in time for tomato planting season. We’ll cover soil prep, recommended varieties, pest management, planting and training methods and much more. To register contact 919-668-1707 or email slsmith@duke.edu

Sweet Potatoes

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“Sweet Potatoes: From Bed to Table”
April 14, 2-4PM,
Sarah P. Duke Gardens

This looks like it will be a fantastic presentation! It’s FREE, and there’s a tasting!

Everyone will get to taste 9 varieties & share their impressions so you’ll know what slips you want to order and plant in 2013 (or buy at the Farmer’s Market this fall):
5 orange flesh varieties including:
– Beauregard (the most frequently grown)
– Carolina Ruby
– Georgia Jet
– Hernandez
– and NC State’s own patented variety Covington

PLUS  4 white flesh varieties including:
– Bonita and O’Henry (tan skin)
– Japanese and Muraski (purple skin)

We are also going to talk just ever so briefly about the ornamentals….and play the “Sweet Potato” jingle, talk about how Sweet Potatoes are the official NC vegetable and what is the difference between a Sweet Potato and a Yam (trust us, the USDA doesn’t even know this!)