What did you do in the garden today?

[lazy gardener]

When did you plant the garlic?

I have garlic all over my garden that stays as a perennial crop. I let the clumps keep getting bigger and bigger, and let the scapes mature into bulbils which can then be planted, allowed to fall where they will, planted around the base of trees in the orchard, or fed to the chickens.

I've tried planting garlic twice. Zero success both times.

Karen, what kind did you plant, and where did you get it? If it was a soft neck garlic, that may be your problem. Stiff neck garlic excels in the northern climates. If it came from the grocery store, that may have been your problem, as it was most likely sprayed with a chemical to delay sprouting. Many crops receive those sprays, and even if they do sprout in the garden, they are harmed such that they will never bear a viable crop. Generally, garlic cloves are planted in the fall, before hard freezes. This allows them to establish a healthy root system, and they may even sprout some top growth before the ground freezes. They then sprout very early in the spring, grow like mad, send up a scape (which you will want to break off) before the leaves start to die back. When the leaves are dying back, you then harvest and dry them. Save a few of your best cloves from your best heads to plant the next year's crop.

any day spring, summer, fall or winter whatever use a glass in the kitchen window

Interesting. Can you tell me what kind you plant, and how big a head does it grow? Do you wait and harvest the head, or do you just use it for greens?

 

[pennyJo1960]

as long as the "seed" will fit in the glass of water go for it

 

[pennyJo1960]

How do you know when to pot it up?

as soon as it has good roots on it you will be able to plant it

 

[CapricornFarm]

My pumpkin plants only have 2 leaves and already have flowers!

 

[karenerwin]

Tomatoes split olive oil spritzed garlic, onion, oregano, basil to taste. Recipe calls for oven roasted but far to hot for inside so I used BBQ. Tomato must be similar to romas as it was thicker than soup. I blended the tomatoes after roasting

Your recipe sounds a lot like a recipe I saw in the paper the other day. I tore it out so I can try it.

I have garlic all over my garden that stays as a perennial crop. I let the clumps keep getting bigger and bigger, and let the scapes mature into bulbils which can then be planted, allowed to fall where they will, planted around the base of trees in the orchard, or fed to the chickens.



Karen, what kind did you plant, and where did you get it? If it was a soft neck garlic, that may be your problem. Stiff neck garlic excels in the northern climates. If it came from the grocery store, that may have been your problem, as it was most likely sprayed with a chemical to delay sprouting. Many crops receive those sprays, and even if they do sprout in the garden, they are harmed such that they will never bear a viable crop. Generally, garlic cloves are planted in the fall, before hard freezes. This allows them to establish a healthy root system, and they may even sprout some top growth before the ground freezes. They then sprout very early in the spring, grow like mad, send up a scape (which you will want to break off) before the leaves start to die back. When the leaves are dying back, you then harvest and dry them. Save a few of your best cloves from your best heads to plant the next year's crop.

I don't know what type of garlic it was. I bought it at the local farm store. The first time I don't think I planted it early enough. It had started to grow some, but then died and disappeared. Then I attended a class on growing garlic. I learned a lot, but they did not have any garlic starts to part with. The second time I used more of the garlic I already had bought. This time I tried planting in the Spring. None of it even bothered to come up! I'll keep trying..

Interesting. Can you tell me what kind you plant, and how big a head does it grow? Do you wait and harvest the head, or do you just use it for greens?

 

[karenerwin]

My pumpkin plants only have 2 leaves and already have flowers!

We made a pumpkin pie today from the small pumpkin from the volunteer plant! Haven't tasted it yet.

 

[Pensmaster]

My pumpkin plants only have 2 leaves and already have flowers!

My pumpkin plants have a gazillion leaves and a million blooms but still no pumpkins.

Your recipe sounds a lot like a recipe I saw in the paper the other day. I tore it out so I can try it.

The recipe I used was in a similar place. It's really good I could add milk to make it thinner. But I think it's destine to be spaghetti sauce.

 

[CapricornFarm]

My pumpkin plants have a gazillion leaves and a million blooms but still no pumpkins.


The recipe I used was in a similar place. It's really good I could add milk to make it thinner. But I think it's destine to be spaghetti sauce.

Maybe your pumpkin blooms are not getting pollinated?

 

[NanaKat]

Been off a couple of days. Picked banana peppers and made 12 pints of salad peppers. Picked and cut up two gallon bags of okra. Canned 14 qts of soup starter.

Tests Tuesday results: the burning pain in my hands is not from my cervical discs but is severe carpal tunnel syndrome. Was happy that neck surgery doesn't need to be done. Doctor will recommend to the neurosurgeon that I need surgery on both hands. The left hand is further damaged in that the nerve is half the size of the right hand. The right hand nerve is half what it should be. Since the right hand is the most painful, surgery will stop the pain. For the left hand, surgery will stop the impingement saving what nerve I have. Will look at mid fall when things slow down some. Six to eight week recovery for each hand...one hand at a time.
My sister had surgery on her right hand and several years ago...said she was glad she did...avid gardener.

 

[Pensmaster]

So, tell me about your tomato soup? Looks like you roasted them on your grill. Then what? Inquiring minds want to know. That sounds like a wonderful way to process tomatoes before getting them into the jars.

My neighbor who I gave some Wine Cap mushroom spawn to has reported her first shrooms! I'm not so lucky. her location was perfect, mine, perhaps too sunny.

Picking Fortex beans in the garden. First Blue Lake blossoms in the orchard. Have harvested garlic, some heads almost as big as my fist. Will be yummy!!! Tomatoes coming on.

Missed the mushroom spawn part last time. Where do you get starts, wild or bought in box? I was extremely lucky to get some morels this year in my compost pile. After looking at the morels map they don't usually grow this far south in California. Must have been all the rain we received.