Garlic Harvest – 2017
Tis that time of year again! It's a been a very rainy summer around here, and I was hopeful the garlic would make it through ok. This is our kids…
Saving and Using Hardneck Garlic Scapes
My second favorite thing about growing hardneck garlic is the scapes. The scape is the flower of the garlic. If the scape is not removed it will flower, and take…
May Gardening (2017)
I've learned my lesson from years past and have been holding off on planting in the garden until at least past Mother's Day, if not Memorial Day weekend. Since I…
Garden and Garlic Planting (2017)
In fine November tradition, the girls and I started the garden for next year by planting garlic. I told myself I would not plant more than 72 garlic cloves, but…
Goodbye Summer Eats
Today I harvested the last of our basil and served fresh pesto for dinner topped with tomatoes from our garden. While there's barely a difference in taste between fresh, or…
Garlic Harvest (2016)
It is that time of year again where we harvest garlic! I've spent the last few weeks minding the weeds around the garlic, and watching the garlic leaves die back.…
What’s up in the Garden
It's been a pretty relaxing few months in the garden. There's more grass than weeds in years past, and the plants we do have do not take much work beyond…
Garden Plan (2016)
My 2016 garden started last fall with the planting of seventy-two cloves of garlic started from Enon Valley Garlic bulbs. Just after the daffodils started to poke through the ground,…
Garlic Planting: 2016
Another year, another garlic plan! Last year I got the worst chest cold just after Halloween, which is when I wanted to plant garlic. This year, I thought I would…
Ripen Green Tomatoes
A few weeks back I removed the all the tomato plants and green tomatoes from the garden since the cool and frosty evenings were the new normal. The red or…