For those who don’t know, the Ruth stout method is just laying your seed potatoes on the ground of covering with straw or hay.

I did not water these, and once the plants died back I just raked away the straw and these potatoes were laying on top of the soil, or about an inch deep.

They are tiny because I ended up planting them later than I should have and the heat was too much for them in the middle of summer.

Overall it was a great trial run and I plan to give it another go next year.

I did the cross pollination by hand over the winter and saved the seeds that grew from that pepper.

Then I planted the seeds and grew out 8 F1 plants. This is the first one growing pods thanks to a visit from some local deer which set them back.

Just created !figs@mander.xyz

Hoping there are some fig lovers here that want to join the community!

I’d love to hear what varieties everyone is growing.

I’m somewhat new to figs, I’ve been growing a Chicago hardy for the past 3 years and absolutely love it.

I’ve expanded my collection this year to include violette de bourdeux, celeste, beers black, and desert king. I doubt I’ll get any fruit from those varieties this year, but I will post some pictures regardless.

Such a tasty fig! I’ve heard it’s quite basic compared to other varieties, so I’m excited to try some others.

Nothing better than an ice cold glass of milk after working outside in the heat. Ron Burgundy has misled millions of people into thinking milk is a bad choice.

Blueberries, raspberries, and golden raspberries.