@suralle
Retired Submarine Sailor, Preserver, Witch, Gardener, Forager, Locavore & Nemophilist. Fruit & Vegetable Picker at The Cassiopeia Garden & Orchard Forager in The Woods Liberal Prepper My Oath was and is to the Constitution & the Republic, for Democracy.
Carrie cleaned up the Boysenberry Canes, so I refreshed the bed and planted more...
Makah Ozette Fingerling Potatoes 😂🌿💚
Yes, I may have over ordered a bit. They're tasty though if you're a fan of pine nuts or buttery chestnuts in a fingerling potato form!
There are a lot of stories, how to, tall tails and other lore, legend and myth about the Oca Tubers.
Very late season harvest. It's easy to miss tubers when harvesting.
They only start bulbing out when days get back to less than 9 hours of sunlight.
Our Cassiopeia Garden experiment for 2026.
That time at gardening camp... 😂
Second set of Makah Ozette fingerling potatoes planted.
Juliete Cherry Bush please meet Carmen and Romeo!
Juliete will provide sweet cherries and grow to about 6' tall.
I'll feel lucky if we even have a midterm.
Age is a problem too I believe. At 25 to 45, I wouldn't hesitate to leg it out after getting vehicle stranded. Now though, coming up on 62, I am not going to far with a 40 lb. pack. Mentioned it before when you said systems, that is why.
Foreground planters are Hazlenut Bushes. To the left is our crop of Elephant Garlic. To the right are the Plum Perfect Floribunda Roses. We had another purpose for these 3'x3'x1' raised beds, but that fell through so a silver lining and all.
Work nights, can't get as much done at the Cassiopeia Garden and Urban Orchard.
New raised bed, with one more to go there. Planted with Makah Ozette seed potatoes. They're a late season fingerling of exceptional taste.
Seriously if I had the room and time to learn these would be vodka! 😂💚🌿
When the screaming stops, it might be to late to bugout. Words of wit, build your tribe and team and bug in as long as possible. No one survives alone, but too many is a drain on resources.
As of today, we've done ten 20 and 25 gallon grow bags of potatoes from last year. Twenty nine more of new potatoes. Make sure to space your planting out timeline wise or have spuds from early (60 to 80 days), mid (80 to 100) or late (greater than 100 days). Waiting for pics from you all Ebony!
Not the end of the world mind you, just another species.
Blue Shelling and Spring Blush Peas planted today. About 30 each along the trellis section. They get pretty tall, 5 to 7 feet. A sturdy trellis is suggested.
New Potato Bag Row added today. 6 new 20 gallon bags with Katahdin (x2) and Canada Gold (x4) Potatoes planted. Each 3 foot stake got 3 more of the Early Frosty variety of Peas. They grow rather short and top out at about 2.5 feet.
A busy weekend at the little urban Cassiopeia Garden & Orchard. Added a new potato bag row. Finished planting the remainder of the peas.
More to come as Spring has sprung here in Maryland Zone 7! Top of the Chesapeake Bay and anus of the Susquehanna River.
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That is the genuinely accepted rule by the Kat Lords. Long live their reign.
Those are after boots on the ground in Cuba.
Got space for a few more? Maybe try some new ones :-)
Beautiful country there. Thinking you know your climate and will do fine Ebony Noor! We still have 5 small potato bags to go and then shift to the Makah Ozettes! Yummy!
Maryland Zone 7, top of the Chesapeake Bay and end of the Susquehannah River.
Brand new to the little urban Cassiopeia Gardens & Orchard.
Bred by the good folks at Michigan State University, Dr. Douches & team have released the BlackBerry Potato. Loaded with antioxidants it promises to be excellent for homemade chips.
innovationcenter.msu.edu/blackberry-potato-breed-at-msu/
When they have to tell you, they ain't.
No doubt, can't wait to get back to the late Spring and Summer so we can restart the garden to table meals.
Potato Bag Row done. More to do this weekend.
1. 4 bags of Red Norland - Early
2. 4 bags of Yukon Gold - Early
3. 4 bags of Silverton Russet - Mid to Late
Added 24 Early Frosty Peas from Rohrer Seeds, 3 per bag with a stake. They top out at just over 2 feet in height.
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I had one like that once. 😀
Even if it's a tiny patio or south facing window. Dang straight.
That's huge!
Yes! Well on the vegetables depending on climate and weather there, of course.
Have fun! It's not "Band Camp" 😀
Exciting, time to plan and still get an order in! 👍
The "Radioactive" Peas have been planted. Golden Sweet and King Tut Purple. You know, Yellow and Magenta, like the signage? 😆
Our Purple Magesty Potatoes - Mid Season variety are in the bags for 2026!
Maryland Zone 7. Has Spring Sprung? The potato "eyes" vote yes!
$.60 in the last few days here in MD. Yesterday I got gas at 3.29 at 0630 on the way to work. Driving by at 1630 it was 3.49
Almost dreading the drive back home today.
Yummy! :-P
Much more benign than others here 🤪
I've been around the world 167 times.
Yes, 165 of them were at the north pole, but they still count!
Time, distance, & shielding. Works for reactor radiation and relationships.