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Old November 2, 2016   #20
svalli
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Please stop complaining about the heat, it makes me envious

It was below 0 Celsius here this morning and a light dusting of some white stuff on the ground.

Hopefully this year we get a layer of snow before the extremely cold weather hits. Last year it got to -20°C for a week without any snow on the ground and it killed the elephant garlic cloves. That is why I will not risk planting them in ground at fall. If I get them growing and multiplying from spring planted cloves, I may then try the fall planting with thick mulching.

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