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GM #nostr #coffeechain ☕️Getting started on planting root crops; putting in beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, potatoes and some ground nuts (not peanuts). Excited to experience this one. Wishing you the very best for your day!

Ground nuts are new to me, though long history. Per sowtrueseed.com, “Apios americana, also known colloquially as "Indian Groundnut," and by its indigenous name, "Hopniss," is found in indigenous diets from Canada to the Gulf coast. This perennial from the pea family produces both edible tubers and beans (seeds are edible but pods are fibrous!). Groundnuts can be planted with potatoes in the spring time. The vines can extend up to ten feet, with purple-pink flowers resembling wisteria from July to September. Fleshy tubers varying in size from one to eight centimeters in diameter can be steamed, roasted, boiled, mashed, or can be dried then ground into a thickening powder for recipes. A bit sweeter than potatoes, but with lasting heartiness, possibly related to the high protein content (3x more than a standard potato).”