I'm back in the garlic game after a brief hiatus when the rudbeckia took over the bed a few years
ago.
I did give it another spot but it did not do well...and i live in garlic-ville where festivals
happen every fall. Same with leeks. I get tiny pencil thin, then my neighbor dropped by
last year with giant stalks, gifting. "have any reason to want these?", well, yeah!
We had a warm Fall so it was hard to decide when to plant. Last minute i put the cloves
i had started from bulbils months before, no idea what i was doing, ...surprised to see a
good lot. (after planting i read about all the methods to aid success). Put them in my
pea/bean bed so that was probably a good call. Should see scapes this weekend.
Newfoundland might need a good mulch cover and good drainage. Though i can see some
years having trouble. I'm optimistic having a big bunch of heads tied to my door handle
last year from a neighbor. (the rest confiscated at the border...grrr) i should have peeled
it and into olive oil.
This years crop...
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