see what I dug up today....

Sundays are lazy excuses to get up late and have a late breakfast and so it was today. After the breakfast I went out to check my plants and as the mali (gardener) had cleared the shakarkand (sweet potato) bed yesterday, I was looking for the cracks in the ground. I spotted one and dug just with my fingers first. I do that kind of things and don't ever look at my nails :)

These pink beauties were peeping at me and I jumped up to get my tools and the camera....

An excited yet careful digging for five minutes revealed these...

And just so that you can see how big they are, I had never seen them so big .... a few smaller and thinner ones were also found, held in the other hand....

This was the very first time I had planted a sweet potato and the vine had taken over the garden in no time . I used to keep it in bounds though and even used to trim them to make a very tasty saag and even with daal (like palak wali daal) ... the leaves are beautiful even for indoor flower or plant arrangements .

I know my Dad will be so happy to see this :)