By Laurie Zitterkopf, Nebraska Extension Master Gardener
Have you tried growing sweet potatoes in your garden? We’re giving it a second try. Why? Because we like eating them, and a tuberous root started to sprout before I cooked it. Early spring is the time to start sweet potatoes from plants called “slips.’ Order slips or make your own. Slips can be started by taking a disease-free, fully-grown sweet potato from last year’s crop or the supermarket, mine came from the supermarket.Â