garlic

22 Jun
2012
three garlic heads

Summer’s arrival. Garlics’ departure.

The transformation to summer is complete: Yesterday I harvested the garlic crop. The signs of summer are everywhere: On the calendar, which tells us that Wednesday was the summer solstice. On outdoor thermometers, which registered record-breaking heat all through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast yesterday. On the computer, which I’m using ...

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29 May
2012
Mature artichoke flower bud, just about to bloom

Monday morning garden stroll: #4

I know. It’s Tuesday. We’re taking our Monday morning garden stroll on a Tuesday morning. The photos, at least, are from Monday morning. I snapped them early, with every intention of posting this update before noon. On Monday. But, then I saw this artichoke, and I got distracted. Isn’t it ...

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29 Feb
2012
After slumbering through the winter, the garlic plants are beginning to send out new growth. This mild winter might mean we will get to harvest some glorious garlic bulbs in a few more months.

Signs of spring (too early?)

28 days. That’s a typical February. And, usually, I’m delighted that the month is so short. It’s our coldest, snowiest, ickiest and least garden-friendly month. At least, it usually is. This year, February has been mild. Warm, even. I’ve spent loads of time in the garden, pruning and prepping and ...

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1 Dec
2011
Music garlic, from a local organic grower

Still time for garlic!

Wow. It’s been a month since my last post. How did that happen? What, exactly, happened to the month of November? I think it may have had something to do with all that leaf-raking, shrub-transplanting, turkey-baking, and — somewhere toward the beginning of the month — garlic-planting. Ah… Garlic-planting… Just ...

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