Cut the tops and then put in a warm airy place without direct hot sun. Unlike onions the tops don't go right into the bulbs and possibly cause rot.
Darn it. With the forecast the end of garlic planting might be over. Mine went in last Thursday, mulched a few days later. Usually it goes in earlier but not this year. I've pulled carrots after a snow so if your ground isn't frozen you might find some to plant.... If you don't mind smaller bulbs you can always shoot for a spring planting. If you hunt, good luck this week.
I had the neighbor push the 2 dump trailer loads of leaves into the garden with his Kubota this afternoon (about 2 tons). I spread the piles and lumps around till i had everything about a foot deep. Topped with the 6 bails of straw (300-ish #) then 5-6 bags of grass clippings. (150-ish #) I could here the worms stampeding in as we left. Lol My buddy has a lawn care business and the leaf vac trailer is 12'x7' and gets about 5-6' deep. The leaves are chopped pretty good and pack into the trailer. I've got a (rotting) 400+ pound bail of hay to put in yet.
I forgot to mention, up until recently my Arugula and Cilantro was still clinging to life, despite several days with low temperatures in the high teens. On Sunday I made chili and used Cilantro straight from the garden. This is definitely a record for me. For weeks, during the cold snaps it would wilt, then the weather would warm up above freezing and the plants would bounce back.
Cilantro is a cool weather annual, so it has to be planted every year. I have however planted it in the spring, let it go to seed, and it re-seeded itself, producing another crop in the fall. Every now and again I'll have a little pop up randomly somewhere from a seed that overwintered outside, but it won't take over an area like an ivy or strawberries would.
Yes. Our friends planted a small patch, it went to seed and the next year half of her garden box was Cilantro. Lol A little Cilantro goes a LONG way.
I have a good crop of snow going in my garden now. The day to day growth is amazing; why, just overnight, it must have gained another 6" easily!! And that is without and fertilizer and watering!
It’s not seed starting time yet, but it’s not far off either. I just got these in the mail this afternoon. A couple new colorful varieties to try this year.
I had a crop of blob snow drifts, the biggest ever, but currently a beach has sprouted on and around the blobs.
Good luck with the maters, Bumblebee is a great name for that species Do you remember wondering why I had sand dunes in my back yard that one year? They're bigger this year but there's really sand on them this year!
I've got onions started: and three potatoes, which are way too early and I'm not sure what I'll do with them, but they were some eyes that snapped off of a potato we were putting in stew and I planted just the little eyes and ........... They're just in a window as my lights aren't set up yet.
