The First of the Columnar Apple, Tasty Red™. 10.5.2021

This columnar tree is in my accessible "Senior Citizen" (me) fenced garden. The top died, I think due to anthracnose, but lower branches survived. This "tree", currently about fout feet tall, bore it's first two apples which I picked this week. These are marketed as deep red.

These apples have a nice juicy crisp texture, nice sweetness and apple flavor. I think it is a good addition for the accessible garden. I'm happy with this apple.

Redlove™ Calypso™ Apple. 10.5.2021

Most of the Redlove™ Calypso™ apples were destroyed by sunburn during the hellacious heat spell in June. This one apple was a bit more shaded, and got through unscathed. I saw that it fell off, and kept it.

This apple is quite colirful when sliced. It seems a bit more crisp and juicy compared to Redlove™ Era™, and and the flavor seems a bit more tangy. The branches seem more ready this fall to bloom in the Spring. The bottom twontiers of this tree are Calypso™. Then I grafted Otterson, supposedly the deepest red flesh of all apples, to the top. No way to know what those will be like for a year or two, I imagine.

Rufus. 1 Oct 21.

I got my flu shot, double strength for being old. Knocked me out of commission for a day. It's worth it. Rufus kept me company.

Harvest, Clancy Potatoes Grown From True Potato Seeds. 10.1.2021

Here is harvest from a few of the Clancy potato plants that I grew from "true potato seeds." I still have a row plus a couple of plants to go.

Most are too small to bother with. I may use them to make potato salad. Maybe if I plant a few, they might be bigger the second year? Flavor is good, just a good home grown potato, which is good. They fry nice in air fryer. These are a lot more work than using potato chunks (seed potatoes) for starts, for much less crop. I think I'll go back to the traditional way next year. Most likely, my favorite Kennebecs, maybe some russets and some Yukon Gold.

Harvest. Redlove™ Apples, Lake Bush Beans, Red Serrano and Jalapeño peppers. 27 Sept 2021

This was the other day. Two four-foot rows of green beans produced four pouunds. I cut, blanched, froze. The apples are Redlove™ Era™. I added four of those to an apple pie. That gave a nice red / pink filling. The peppers went into another bstch of fermented hot sauce, and some to dry for pepper flakes.

Sliced Redlove™ Era™ Apples.