Fresh homemade tomato basil soup... All from the garden, mmmmmm
2022 Garden Thread
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Ordered some last min garlic. Just showed up, never planted garlic before but I hear get it in by Halloween.
Thanks for the reminder, I need to get mine in asap.
Nice, but how much garlic can a person or even a family use in a year?
we budget for a head or two of garlic a week (two adults and a kid).
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I'm planning on selling extra or using it in a new food cart I have planned. Brick and mortar just isnt doing it anymore, people have shifted the way they go out and spend money. I'm planning on mitigating high costs due to inflation and supply chain issues by growing my own greens, tomatoes, adjuct grains, herbs, odd unique items. Can't produce 100% of what I'll use but I can reduce costs substantially. I have land available to me, along with a small tractor. Just euthanized the 2 old feeble sheep that were on the land this week, they weren't going to make it through the winter. So this winter I'll be marking out space and setting up irrigation, building a greenhouse for starts, etc etc.. should be a fun time, I'm actually into this stuff unlike my current endeavor..
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6” deep 6”-8” apart add bone meal to the hole and mix. I planted 90 cloves , half was elephant garlic( 8” deep 8-10” apart) soil should be freeable and rich. I planted a month ago and will dig in June or July after the tops yellow and partially dry which allows for time neededfor cloving
Capt Insano Emeritis
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We use a lot of garlic 250 cloves a year. I use it in canning and cooking and in companion planting. Some insects donot like it. Next to roses to curtail aphids
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To clarify there are 4-6 cloves large mild cloves in an elephant garlic plant bulb (more like a mild garlic shallot)and standard varieties 6-10 cloves ( much smaller and sharper flavored)
Depending on where your located, get them in the ground now, yes before Halloween.
Our homegrown garlic was so good we expanded that section/selection in the garden. It is SO much better!
About a head a week for cooking, much more for things we can, sauces etc.
We did cut back from multiple kinds to just our top producers/ taste varieties.
Everyone we like gets some, they seem to appreciate the thought, and the garlic.
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Sharp knife , thinly sliced garlic clove with knife cut slits in steamd slip thin sliced garlic into steak . Olive oil heated add a T of butter( mixes with oil elevates olive oil smoke point) put in thinly sliced onion around steak medium high heat/ sear steak a minute to 1 1/2 each side have lid ready - 1/4 cup hot water 1/2 tsp sea salt tossinto pan quickly put lid over for a couple minutes pull off lid turn heat off turn on fan above stove to evaporate liquid, serve medium to med rare…
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Seed saving time, fermented seed pulp and water mixture for about 2 weeks, rinse and dry.
Hey y'all - gardening, botany, etc are definitely not my thing (I've been known to kill potted cactus...), which is why I came here to ask this! Just something I find puzzling.
We have a miniature japanese maple in our yard thats been there since we moved here in '04. It's always looked like a standard j.m., except when it was recovering from being squashed by a large tree that came down on it in a windstorm several years ago. We don't trim it at all.
This spring I noticed that one section of the tree was suddenly green instead of red. Over the summer, that section expanded. Now it sticks out from the rest of the tree, and the leaves are not only green, but shaped differently from the red branches! And yes, those branches are coming from the same trunk (see last pic.)
What the heck?? Any idea what's going on there? Spontaneous mutation?
I did notice "weeds" that looked like that growing among the groundcover grasses around it a couple years ago and removed them by hand. They did not come back. Is there such thing as parasitic weeds??
We have a miniature japanese maple in our yard thats been there since we moved here in '04. It's always looked like a standard j.m., except when it was recovering from being squashed by a large tree that came down on it in a windstorm several years ago. We don't trim it at all.
This spring I noticed that one section of the tree was suddenly green instead of red. Over the summer, that section expanded. Now it sticks out from the rest of the tree, and the leaves are not only green, but shaped differently from the red branches! And yes, those branches are coming from the same trunk (see last pic.)
What the heck?? Any idea what's going on there? Spontaneous mutation?
I did notice "weeds" that looked like that growing among the groundcover grasses around it a couple years ago and removed them by hand. They did not come back. Is there such thing as parasitic weeds??
Dr. Magill
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Probably been grafted and the green growth is coming from the root stock whereas the red is the grafted top part
Just cut it off
Just cut it off
If the whole tree were turning green that would suggest not enough sun, but those look like suckers, though they look a little high to be off the root ball, regardless, whack those suckers off (pun intended) - they will take over the tree.
I would not cut the green branches, but bend them down until they snap off. Cutting them often results in regrowth of additional branches. Looks like some trunk damage at the graft line, maybe from when the tree smashed it, or damage in the nursery when young...if you do cut the green out, cut close to the trunk but not into the trunk itself.
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