When your veggies start to grow eyes and ears, don't freak out! It might just be high time to plant them.
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Sweet potatoes are started from slips, which are shoots that grow off a mature sweet potato. This one started to grow a beautiful, delicate slip right in my fruit bowl, so I removed it and placed the slip and the potato in a jar. Photo: Summer Rayne Oakes