Blog, yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

Yacon: Happy in the Heat

Posted on by bill
23
Aug

This has been a tough year for Andean crops on the Washington coast.  The weather has been significantly drier and warmer than any time in the ten years that we’ve lived here.  In most years, we look for temperatures to reach into the 70s (Fahrenheit) about twice.  This year, we’ve had almost thirty days with […]

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Blog, ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus)

Ulluco: Generation 2 in the Works

Posted on by bill
04
Aug

Ulluco is a plant with a demographic challenge.  As far as we know, all of the existing ulluco varieties are old.  I haven’t seen any studies that attempt to determine the age of the major cultivars, but it isn’t unreasonable to think that they could be hundreds of generations old.  It probably isn’t even unthinkable […]

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