We can expect another six weeks of intermittant snow, but it is with great pleasure that I report that one type of my "gifted" garlic has come up in an area of the garden where the snow melts soonest. The bad news is that the dog laid in the soil and left a pit about 1/3 of the width of the bed, so there are only three bulbs up, but each has at least 3 inches of leaf. I trust my plants to know if they can tolerate the snow and we have had some and also heavy, heavy frost since they poked up, so if I can keep the dog out (the area is fenced but he's persistant), I'll have at least those three bulbs to harvest. Hopefully, there will be more up as the shadier areas warm up. During the summer, all the beds get at least partial sun, but at this time of year it is still low in the horizon and doesn't clear the house shadow.
Think I might try to get some peas in soon, as I saved them from last year.
Maggie
Posts: 784 | Location: Indian Hills, CO - zone 4 | Registered: May 14, 2007
Wow, Lisann, didn't think anyone missed me. Thanks. Found more garlic, a whole 'nother row, so looks like I'll have a good crop and so grateful for the donation and the instructions.
Been a hard winter, trying to recover from the break up of 18 year relationship and find a new way to live. But as soon as spring comes, well, there is the garden and that makes everything a bit more tolerable.
Maggie
Posts: 784 | Location: Indian Hills, CO - zone 4 | Registered: May 14, 2007
I have a labrador who enjoys rolling around in cow manure! Fortunately, she also enjoys swimming in the creek and killing snakes, so we tolerate the smelly days! Worst part of it is when she rolls in the manure and then naps on my porch. Whew! That's life in the country!
“Home grown tomatoes, home grown tomatoes What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes Only two things that money can't buy That's true love and home grown tomatoes.” Guy Clark, 'Home Grown Tomatoes'
Posts: 645 | Location: Zone 8, Texas | Registered: March 18, 2004
