What did you do in the garden today?

[politicalcenter]

I don't fool with garlic but I have been busy. Finally got most of my coleus potted up. At least the bigger ones. 363 plants so far and more to go. I am going to work on azaleas tomorrow. Am going to try to get a couple hundred stuck. Native azaleas ...wish me luck.

 

[Beekissed]

Planted 10 everbearing strawberry plants in the garden today...most of them already have little berries on them, very nice plants to look upon. I tucked leaves up around them...going to get a little cold snap this weekend, but it won't last for long, so they should be alright.

Planted a few roses, some lavender and another perennial but the name escapes me right now. Watered the apple saplings...we haven't gotten those planted as of yet.

Didn't get to planting the rest of the onions, garlic, peas or broccoli...those will have to wait until next week, I'm afraid.

 

[Beekissed]

I don't fool with garlic but I have been busy. Finally got most of my coleus potted up. At least the bigger ones. 363 plants so far and more to go. I am going to work on azaleas tomorrow. Am going to try to get a couple hundred stuck. Native azaleas ...wish me luck.

Wowza!!!! You are one busy bee! I assume these will be sold?

 

[politicalcenter]

I can only hope. I only brought two packs of seed. I didn't think I would get so many plants. This is beginning to feel a lot like work

 

[lazy gardener]

I think Beekissed was referring to microgreens. But the garlic: I had planted it about a year and a half ago under the raspberries, and the soil was none too good. So no result the first year. Since then I've been mulching as much as possible plus other amendments, and the scapes at least look happy. Oh yes, I'll be putting scapes into salads. Yum! And more mulch around the plants.

IMO, garlic likes a lot of sun. (I may be totally wrong, here) But I grow mine like a perennial in my permanently mulched garden. I just take up what I need for the winter, and leave the rest of it in the garden to over winter. It grows into huge clumps, some 8" diameter. I don't mess with scapes either. If I feel like it, I break them off, but if not... they just stay. All of those scapes put out heads of bulbils which fall to the ground and make yet an other crop of garlic. Since those clumps are so big, I don't worry about the size of the individual cloves, though they are a nice size to work with. Mine is a black skinned stiff neck. Chickens go nuts eating all of the bulbils when I'm trying to get them into the soil in the orchard to sprout! My puppy is also fond of garlic. I had a bowl of it sitting on the floor (one of those 8" clumps) and she always was running around with a clove in her mouth.

 

[Beekissed]

THAT should help with deworming!!

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

IMO, garlic likes a lot of sun.  (I may be totally wrong, here)  But I grow mine like a perennial in my permanently mulched garden.  I just take up what I need for the winter, and leave the rest of it in the garden to over winter.  It grows into huge clumps, some 8" diameter.  I don't mess with scapes either.  If I feel like it, I break them off, but if not... they just stay.  All of those scapes put out heads of bulbils which fall to the ground and make yet an other crop of garlic.  Since those clumps are so big, I don't worry about the size of the individual cloves, though they are a nice size to work with.  Mine is a black skinned stiff neck.  Chickens go nuts eating all of the bulbils when I'm trying to get them into the soil in the orchard to sprout!  My puppy is also fond of garlic.  I had a bowl of it sitting on the floor (one of those 8" clumps) and she always was running around with a clove in her mouth.  

I do this too. I usually plant the scapes, then just let them grow

 

[Bugseye]

Who knew all this? I'll probably move mine to the other side of the garden in the fall. Just starting spring clean-up and set-up out there. It's so nice to be out again!

 

[BeachBumBiddies]

What are "scapes"? lol Sorry, just lurking & I have no idea what that is. I've never grown garlic, although I should because I love it.

 

[Beekissed]

I planted cloves from a bag of garlic I bought at the store...when separated, it came to 220 cloves of garlic!!!

Don't know where I'm going to plant all this garlic but I'm certainly going to try and stick it in anywhere I can. What I can't plant, I'll dehydrate and grind into garlic powder.