I did harvest my garlic today - looking closely, almost every one had at least 3 brown leaves, so they weren't going to grow much more, even those small ones. As always, the Estonian Red was largest, with only a few smaller ones, which were the larger metechi and music size! Only planted 28, however - from my harvest last season, which was 7 very large heads, all 4 cloves each. Maybe I can get more this season. The Georgian Fire had many larger heads, much like the ER, but some smaller ones - I'll find out how they store this season. Music and Metechi were smaller, but traditionally these have stored even longer than larger heads, even when small.
Only had 4 of those heads that had totally turned brown - about the same as other small ones, but I always group those together, and use first. They've all on the back porch, to cure enough to dry the surface, before brushing the dirt off, and tying them up in bunches, to hang in the basement. I still have a bunch down there - just sent some home with a young friend of mine, that replaced my kitchen faucet a couple days ago - I paid him and his friend, as well, not just with garlic!
That was mostly for his Mom, who wants me to help her grow garlic this next year!
The largest, as usual - the red by
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The other 3 garlics - a row of Metechi, and small and lager head rows of Music and Georgian Fire. by
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Here's another bed I uncovered today, and has in it something I was talking about earlier - shallots and scallions. Both of these varieties were started indoors in mid-February, and transplanted there sometime in later March. The shallots are much farther apart, as I didn't have as many, plus was hoping to see them grow larger, but the scallions I just want for scallions.
Shallots on left, scallions on right, 6-29, planted in early spring. by
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I uncovered the bed with greens, carrots, shallots, and scallions... and a lot of weeds! by
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I have one row of carrots in that bed, and only picked 4, that were growing together in pairs. I was surprised that there weren't more like that - I thinned them well!
First carrots of the season, pulled on 6-29, only because they were two pairs, stuck together. by
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As I was weeding, I noticed a lot of volunteer dill!