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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk AT allspecies.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garlic
  • Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:20:17 -0600

John at Kansas City Community Gardens says that you can plant on the winter
solstice and harvest on the summer solctice. I was still going to plant some
but I need a source from which to buy.

Marty Kraft

> From: Joan Vibert <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>
> Reply-To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:58:23 -0600
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [Market-farming] Garlic
>
> I have a question for our resident garlic expert on the list. Due to a
> series of activities, etc. I have 20 or 25 pounds of seed garlic in my
> basement instead of in the field and its making me crazy! We've have fields
> that are too wet to get into lately and thus I'm trying to figure out how to
> pull this out.
>
> Right now I'm wondering if I should go on and put the garlic in the cooler
> (at 40ยบ) to at least get it cold - or should it be colder? I'm also
> worrying about putting garlic in sort of frozen ground - is that a stupid
> thing to do if and when we can get in there and till in the next few weeks?
>
> We've always been know for our garlic and I absolutely hate to miss a season
> but have never planted later than mid-November. We are in east/central
> Kansas if that helps.
>
> Joan
> Windwalker Farm
> Ottawa, Kansas





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