Garlic Planting Day
Every twelvemonth or in addition to then this fourth dimension nosotros constitute a yoke hundred garlic seeds to move harvested adjacent summer. What you lot run into on the kitchen counter inward the photograph is a combination of what's left of the garlic nosotros harvested this summertime summation the garlic nosotros purchased from Keene Organics.After I pulled all the weeds, Jon harvested our compost to lay downward a layer onto the raised garlic bed.
Then, I separated the heads of garlic into their cloves or seeds in addition to handed them off for him to plant.
We decided to constitute less this twelvemonth - 150 instead of 200 in addition to volition know adjacent twelvemonth whether that is plenty for us.
Organic Gardening recommends that you lot soak the cloves for ii hours inward baking soda in addition to liquid seaweed. We've never done that simply you lot tin follow the link to read well-nigh their method.
Since nosotros grew wintertime mash inward the raised garlic bed this summertime the soil volition involve some boost in addition to then we're going to fertilize a fleck this year, although nosotros normally create non bother.
Both Keen Organics, Seeds from Italy, in addition to Sand Hill Preservation nonetheless convey seed garlic left if you lot haven't purchased yet. Don't missy planting garlic, fifty-fifty if you lot convey to lay it inward the blossom beds. So delicious in addition to non from China similar grocery shop garlic.
Also, move certain to mulch amongst something loose in addition to organic. Straw works good if you lot convey access to it. Rather than buying straw, nosotros convey e'er used pino needles from nether our Loblolly Pine trees. We apply it four to half dozen inches deep or in addition to then the fourth dimension of the kickoff freeze to proceed the solid soil from heaving amongst the freeze in addition to thaw cycle over the winter.