True to southern tradition we planted spring bulks (garlic) the Satiddy after Thanksgiving.
Led by Master Garlic-er Dave Fitzgerald and sons Conor and Aidan, Val, Arlene, Jimmy and I planted 6 varieties of garlic. We planted plot 6 3 cloves wide in four 32 foot rows and ten inches apart and planted 33 elephant garlic in the middle raised bed in plot 4. We expect no vampires again this winter.
Then we put them to bed for the winter with a nice cover of leaves. We also finished mulching plots 2 and 5 with cardboard (thanks Patree) and bags of leaves and grass clippings.
We plan, Lord willing, to pick the rest of the collards, rutabagas, and cabbiges for the Collierville Food Pantry the last Thursday before Christmas December 19.
Harvest total 2013 to date:
4,430 lbs for 2013!
Finance report:
Balance as of 11/12/2013 $576.05
I am thinking per advice and demonstration by MAMG PAR garden at Davies Plantation (Diane Parks and GA Crosby) to do plots 2 and 4 (te middle two) with cinder blocks. Costs about half as much as treated wood.
Also thinking about getting 3 hose reels and new hoses (non kink kind) and three new sprinklers. We have enough funds.
As always your advice is needed and much appreciated.
Thanks,
cw
In these pix note our beautiful rich loose humus soil.
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| Arlene hard at work (see the beautiful soil) |
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| Conor and Aiden and Dave admiring the newly planted and mulched garlic beds |
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| Jimmy and Val hard at work too |
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| Beautiful garden still has carrots turnips cabbiges parsley rutabagas and collards |
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| Val and Jimmy and Dave and Arlene working and me taking pix as usual |
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