Nov 302012
 
Shallot stalk, “Do you like my (oak leaf) hat?”

First a video  re “Planting Garlic”,  then some  pics of “Young Garlic Plants AND  Leaf Mulch” (below the video):

Planting Garlic 6 of 6 (video):

Young Garlic Plants AND  Leaf Mulch (pics):

 

Rows of young garlic and yellow onion sprouts.

Rows of young garlic and yellow onion sprouts. The shallots, planted in the foreground soil (next to the collard), have yet to sprout – the best for last!

 

Garlic, yellow onion, shallots, and collard veggie bed along the sidewalk.

Garlic, yellow onion, shallots, and collard veggie bed along the sidewalk. Sure beats a lawn! Note the light covering of oak leaves as mulch, a good erosion protection from the winter rains.

 

Tree collard cuttings 3 weeks after propagation.

Tree collard cuttings 3 weeks after propagation. Some cuttings have been chewed down by snails or slugs, but others are going to thrive past that onslaught of Nature. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Plant enough cuttings to confuse the confounders! And, some of the collard cuttings will make it.

 

Shallot stalk, “Do you like my (oak leaf) hat?”

Shallot stalk, “Do you like my (oak leaf) hat?”

 

Cleaning up the sidewalk gives me plenty of rich, partially broken down leaves.

Rains are coming, so I fetched some sidewalk leaves to mulch the garlic/onion/shallots/collard veggie bed with. Cleaning up the sidewalk gives me plenty of rich, partially broken down leaves. The leaves were also used to extend the veggie bed in Tipped Wine Barrel (see blog entry next week?).

 

Garlic harvest from our sidewalk garden.

Garlic harvest from our sidewalk garden – Straw Bale Recliner Veggie Bed. Note how the garlic was rinsed to remove soil from the roots. The rack (a discarded baker’s tray) will allow the garlic to dry. Nice job, Frau Glory!

 

Happy mulching your veggie bed with leaves.  See you tomorrow.

Tony

 

Nov 292012
 
Straw Bale Recliner Veggie Bed planted with garlic, yellow onion, and shallots.

First a video  re “Planting Garlic”,  then some  pics of “Garlic, Yellow Onions, and Shallots Planting Completed” (below the video):

Planting Garlic 5 of 6 (video):

Garlic, Yellow Onions, and Shallots Planting Completed (pics):

 

Straw Bale Recliner Veggie Bed planted with garlic, yellow onion, and shallots.

Straw Bale Recliner Veggie Bed planted with garlic, yellow onion, and shallots. The dark red dust is blood meal, an attempt to keep local cats from using the unmulched soil as a litter box.

 

A raccoon paw print IN THE BLOOD MEAL!

A raccoon paw print IN THE BLOOD MEAL! The raccoon walked over the bed the first night of the planted crop. Well at least the soil does not look torn up by animals digging deeper in the soil or by cats using the veggie box as a litter box.

 

Happy planting garlic, onions, and shallots.  See you tomorrow.

Tony