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I harvested the rest of the garlic today. It was in the ground too long I think. Some of them had spider eggs around the bottom of the stems. I left them for the animals.
I got what I wanted and am in the process of curing them now.
I also started to gather some onion. Much better than last year. I didn't cut the tops off this time and let the energy of the plant go into the bulb. I've got some decent sized onion this year.
I only dug up 3 for now. Harvest isn't officially for another month even though the onion are edible at all stages.
I'm so excited. I found another cucumber baby in the garden. I also think I should have little baby tomatoes by the beginning of next week.
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Jun 27, 2009 | 11:22 AM PST
That's super! I'm glad that you had some good luck with the garlic and onions. I hope you'll get a nice crop of tomatoes soon, too. |
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Jun 27, 2009 | 9:58 AM PST
I am just learning about growing garlic. It was a share from my DIL's mother. I have one Cherokee Purple tomato just about ripe. Can't wait to cut into it and see the color. |
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Jun 27, 2009 | 3:16 PM PST
This is my first year with Garlic too....should I be harvesting now????? |
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Jun 27, 2009 | 3:59 PM PST
Sounds like your garden is producing nicely, Chris. It will be another month or so before we're ready to harvest garlic here in Zone 4b. |
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Jun 27, 2009 | 4:02 PM PST
What if th egalic is small? Shoould I leave it for next year? In August there is a garlic festive here that has Garlic Ice Cream. I have NEVER had it. Doesn't sound good, I might be more daring and try it this year. I'll let you know what I think. =) |
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Jun 28, 2009 | 12:16 PM PST
This is also my first year with garlic...I have been puzzled when to tell it is done...and how to cure it...can you share more? |
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Jul 1, 2009 | 11:33 AM PST
Quite honestly I had to guess at the harvest time since I never got any garlic scapes (which come before harvest). The garlic was in the ground 9 months. The bottom third of it was brown, so I just took them out. I have noticed though that you get more flavour in the cloves if you let them air dry (cure) in the house for at least a couple of weeks. |
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