Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Larry Lombard <ljmelea@msn.com>]

not a bad way at all,especially if your spring is late.try to keep the garlic 
moist for a while and side dress with compost.good luck.larry
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> Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 17:23:08 -0600
> From: loghillgail@msn.com
> To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Garlic Question
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/24/08 1:47 PM, "Tradingpost"  wrote:
> 
>> We try to work with the best tasting varieties of the most common 
>> vegetables,
>> tomatoes, onions, garlic, pole beans, carrots, potatoes, squashes, etc.
> 
> Yum!  Just reading the names of these vegetables made my mouth water.
> 
> We still get freezing nights this late in the year so I'm only now putting
> out my cold tolerant vegetables.
> 
> Yesterday, I planted the broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower & lettuce
> starts that have been growing happily in window boxes my husband built this
> spring.
> 
> I was ill last summer and fall so my beds received no attention before they
> were covered with several feet of snow. A couple of days ago I noticed
> several clumps of garlic and shallots that weren't harvested had now
> sprouted. Instead of just digging them out and tossing them into the compost
> bins, I carefully separated the shoots and replanted them.  Today some of
> the garlic is looking a little dry and yellowish now but the shallots all
> seem fine.
> 
> I know most folks plant garlic bulbs in the fall so I'm wondering if I'm
> wasting garden space trying to grow garlic and shallots like this.
> 
> Anyone have any idea if what I did will work?
> 
> Gail
> 
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