What did you do in the garden today?

[OnlySympathy]

You could dry some as well! Oven or dehydrator works very well.

I’ll do that next time I have enough! I’m trying out new ways of preserving things this year. I’ve only ever dried so freezing is newer to me and I want to try it with as much as possible to see what works best.

This is honestly my first year taking gardening seriously so I am using it to experiment with a bunch of stuff over getting high productivity to find what works best so that next year I’ll have more knowledge to get the most from the small space I have

 

[OnlySympathy]

Had to bury my favorite chicken this evening.

I’m sorry that’s always so tough

 

[OnlySympathy]

Any idea as to what he was yelling about?

Oops I completely missed this. It was hard to tell but I think it was about her not liking the food he made

 

[akroberts1085]

Oops I completely missed this. It was hard to tell but I think it was about her not liking the food he made

He sounds like a d@#$@$bag. Grrrr

 

[chickengr]

picked zucchini, tomatoes, bell and hot peppers.

forgot to close 1 of 16 coops and my dogs killed 5 muscovy ducks luckily 1 male and 2 females were locked in another coop with egyptian fayoumis. I also have a trio of ducklings.

 

[Nym]

Winter wattle.

The weather is too good to stay home.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I’ve never grown Black Turtle beans but Trail of Tears beans are pole beans yes, the seeds are usually black and the pods start green and either turn purple or get purple streaks on them. They have strings in the pods too.

I grow black turtle beans and that’s how they grow. Last year I picked them when the pods were a good size and dried them indoors. I’m not sure if I’ll do that this year. But I really like them and they’re easy to grow.

 

[Sally PB]

Had to bury my favorite chicken this evening.

I'm so sorry.

I also wrote on my seed garlic so we won't accidently eat them like last season. I don't know why I didn't think of this before. Wrote the variety on one side and the word "No" on the other.

So you store your garlic as bulbs? I break them apart into cloves. I've been told that that's why they don't store as well. (Hardneck, Music variety.)

My reason for breaking them up is to separate out the biggest ones for planting, and find any that have any issues.

This year, I chose 12 bulbs that didn't have any huge cloves, and will store them whole to see if they last longer.

I'm going to mince and freeze a lot of garlic this year. I should have done that last year, but didn't.

 

[Molpet]

I'm so sorry.

So you store your garlic as bulbs? I break them apart into cloves. I've been told that that's why they don't store as well. (Hardneck, Music variety.)

My reason for breaking them up is to separate out the biggest ones for planting, and find any that have any issues.

This year, I chose 12 bulbs that didn't have any huge cloves, and will store them whole to see if they last longer.

I'm going to mince and freeze a lot of garlic this year. I should have done that last year, but didn't.

yes mine don't keep if separated. I wait until I plant and keep the smalls for cooking or plant for green garlic in the spring.

 

[Minanora]

I'm so sorry.

So you store your garlic as bulbs? I break them apart into cloves. I've been told that that's why they don't store as well. (Hardneck, Music variety.)

My reason for breaking them up is to separate out the biggest ones for planting, and find any that have any issues.

This year, I chose 12 bulbs that didn't have any huge cloves, and will store them whole to see if they last longer.

I'm going to mince and freeze a lot of garlic this year. I should have done that last year, but didn't.

I have always stored as full heads. The outer papers protect the garlic cloves from moisture. I cut the stalks taller than what you see in the store to further protect them from moisture. You trim the roots off the plate as close as you can without cutting the plate. All garlic will eventually sprout, but my garlic generally stores for 6 months with this method. I keep it in cardboard flats. Some day I'll have woven baskets. Plastic containers or bags will make garlic sprout much faster.

When I'm using garlic for cooking, I have a cup in the cabinet that I break the cloves apart into as I grab heads. But this is only for cooking as it will begin to sprout sooner after it's broken into cloves. Garlic that is sprouting is bitter when eaten raw. But you can't tell the difference if it's cooked.

And I do the same thing as @Molpet when I plant. I only plant the large cloves and eat the small ones. But this clove size variation is specific to soft neck and silver skin varieties.