Here's my first harvest of the year.... Alfalfa..... That's my neighbor on his tractor cutting my alfalfa...
After 3 days, with hot weather and drying wind, it's looking good..
Hardneck Zemo variety looking good....
Elephant is awesome.....
All in all, I think this will be my best harvest of all my garlic varieties ever... I think it is
finally getting acclimated to the soil here or I'm getting smarter when it comes
to growing this delicious weed.....
I ordered 4 varieties of northern climate/day length onions from
Dixondale Farms.... I'll see which grows best here..... 60+ plants of
each variety.... It really chaps my butt to have to pay 80+ cents per pound
around here for onions... Since I spent the last 3 days weeding the garlic, (it's getting close to harvest),
It looks like I need to weed the onions... I just keep pouring the fertilizer to it so the onions and weeds have
plenty of nourishment..... ammonium sulfate is what I use...
Shallots are dividing nicely... the bulbs look like
they will be very big this year....
I just ordered 2 more varieties of garlic.... Lithuanian Purple... They said they were sold out
for this year but I would be on the waiting list in the event someone cancels.... DRAT!!!
A beautiful new marbled purple stripe. This variety was grown for generations in rural Lithuania and came to us from a customer from her grandmother. Most bulbs have 6 cloves and a deep purple coloration.
And Siberian Bulk...An outstanding strain originally secured by fishermen trading green leafy vegetables with poor peasants who grew only root crops. Very large bulbs due to weak flower stalk at U.S. latitudes. 5 to 7 fat, dark brown cloves.
I'm not sure who writes the descriptions for their garlic, but it's interesting to say the least...
Grapes are looking healthy... cherries look thin, due to the freezing weather this spring.... time will tell for sure..
Until later...... Dave
After 3 days, with hot weather and drying wind, it's looking good..
Hardneck Zemo variety looking good....
Elephant is awesome.....
All in all, I think this will be my best harvest of all my garlic varieties ever... I think it is
finally getting acclimated to the soil here or I'm getting smarter when it comes
to growing this delicious weed.....
I ordered 4 varieties of northern climate/day length onions from
Dixondale Farms.... I'll see which grows best here..... 60+ plants of
each variety.... It really chaps my butt to have to pay 80+ cents per pound
around here for onions... Since I spent the last 3 days weeding the garlic, (it's getting close to harvest),
It looks like I need to weed the onions... I just keep pouring the fertilizer to it so the onions and weeds have
plenty of nourishment..... ammonium sulfate is what I use...
Shallots are dividing nicely... the bulbs look like
they will be very big this year....
I just ordered 2 more varieties of garlic.... Lithuanian Purple... They said they were sold out
for this year but I would be on the waiting list in the event someone cancels.... DRAT!!!
A beautiful new marbled purple stripe. This variety was grown for generations in rural Lithuania and came to us from a customer from her grandmother. Most bulbs have 6 cloves and a deep purple coloration.
And Siberian Bulk...An outstanding strain originally secured by fishermen trading green leafy vegetables with poor peasants who grew only root crops. Very large bulbs due to weak flower stalk at U.S. latitudes. 5 to 7 fat, dark brown cloves.
I'm not sure who writes the descriptions for their garlic, but it's interesting to say the least...
Grapes are looking healthy... cherries look thin, due to the freezing weather this spring.... time will tell for sure..
Until later...... Dave
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