OUR LOCATION
Our main operation is located at 2800 ft (900m) elevation near the top of Backbone Mountain, a ridge that includes the highest elevation in Maryland. Garrett County is really on a plateau in the Appalachian Mountain chain. Our “mountain ridges” are similar to many in the range, except that they are not divided by deep river valleys. As a result, most of the area is rolling and above 2500 ft elevation. Thus, we have a unique climate in the mid Atlantic states, with an average daytime high in the warmest part of our summer of 79 F (26 C). Of course few good temperatures go unpunished, to paraphrase a bit, and we commonly experience subzero temperatures and last year we had 266 inches (> 7 meters) of snowfall. Our cool summer weather allows summer long small fruit production and our flower size is typical of that in northern maritime zones. Fall raspberry fruit size is 4 to 5 grams, for example. Everbearing strawberries average 10 to 15 grams and typically yield 1.5 lbs/plant the first year on newly planted plugs, which we offer for local sale.
Five Aces Breeding LLC
