Garlic

My Aunt Sharon is also a backyard gardener, and in late 2012, she gave me a bulb of seed garlic that she didn't have room to plant.  I separated the cloves, made holes, and buried them in the ground in November. That's what the interwebz said I should do.  They each sent up a green shoot.  I was worried they would die during the winter.  Nope.  They grew, and I harvested a dozen large bulbs in late spring.

Planting Peas

We enjoyed two sunny 70-degree days this weekend.  I took full advantage of this hiatus from snow, rain and sub-freezing temperatures to plant 1/4 of the garden with what has become one of my favorite crops, peas.  Yes, February 22 and 23rd are early enough that I am taking a small risk with these peas, but not a huge risk.  Peas like the cold.  They can handle a frost, and then some.  Besides, if a killing freeze is forecast, I can cover them.

The late winter garden is a sad, gray mess.  We have

Getting the Greenhouse Growing

It just felt like the right time to get some dry seeds into wet dirt.  My greenhouse has been dry, cold, and empty all winter.  This weekend I fired up the greenhouse heater, sorted my huge collection of seeds, and got a whole bunch of seed potted up to germinate.

Usually this involves a trip to the store for at least 3 bags of