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Checked the dried and storage garlic today and found two that have sprouted little green tops.  They will not keep now (the bulbs get mushy) so I planted them out with the winter garlic. This will test whether garlic should be planted in the fall or if it is ok to plant them in spring.

Planted beets today.  Beets like it cool and moist.  Packet says seeds 3 inches apart with rows 6 inches apart.  Save space by planting seeds 3 inches apart, in rows 6 inches apart but with an additional row in between with seeds 3 inches apart diagonally. That comes to 3 rows in a one-row garden…

I don’t usually post on Sunday, but feel I must say that we are safe from the terrible wind and rain storm we had today.  The wind felt more like a tornado than a thunderstorm.  We could see the cloud line coming — dark and roiling.  Worst I have ever seen.  The wind was horizontal…

To make watering easier, I put a drip line among the cucumbers.  A drip line has tiny holes along its length and a cap on the end.  It is connected to the regular hose water supply.  When turned on, a small trickle of water is released from each hole allowing lots of plants to be…

First white potato blossom today.  White potatoes are my staple crop.  They are the most nutritionally-dense of any vegetable and store well over winter in the root  cellar.  Plus, any left over become the seed potato for next year’s crop.  Even shriveled, they grow.  I bake them, boil them, fry them, scallop them, and add…

My poor eggplant.  One of them was undermined by a nasty rodent last night and it was wilting badly this morning. I though I lost it, but I tried tamping the dirt down and watering it thoroughly.  And it worked!  This evening it is standing strong and happy!