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#Potato

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Couple of people have asked about growing potatoes in general and in pots. I'm not an expert, so I always point out that many suppliers have reference articles on potatoes.

So here are my chitted potatoes ready for planting. You'll see the supplier name on the tag, but probably there are dozens of suppliers. I'm growing Yukon Gold and Red Norland #gyo #GrowFoodFromSeeds #potato

My first on-purpose asteroid. This is 4 Vesta. 🥔

It’s about 520 kilometers across and (at the moment) about 180 million kilometers away. It orbits the sun in the inner asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

It is not long past opposition, so currently still relatively close to us and therefore relatively bright.

In 2011 it was visited by the Dawn spacecraft, which took slightly better images than the one I did - photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/targ

60 x 60 seconds with the :seestar_s30: overnight.

Chopped some wood today, because that's a different muscle group from the sore one.

Then some pointless mowing, because I still need more mulch to cover the former mud pit. And I could barely see my little fir trees anymore.

Also mowed around the no dig beds for weed control. That works well.

First potatoes in the dig beds have sprouted, along with loads of weeds. Seems at least some survived the night frosts and drought and now that it rained (a lot) they got going.

What didn't work was mulching the stupid virginia creeper infestation in the orchard, because its creepers grow just below the surface. Need a flail mower for that or something.

#Garden #Gardening #NoDig #Potato #Homestead #Mowing

Edit: Forgot the creeper photo