Garlic harvest and update 2013

Growing and looking after my garlic was a little harder this year, as we decided to make some life changes and move from Oxford to Sheffield during it’s growing period. I did manage to make it back to Oxford in …

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Getting the garlic in

In probably a first for me, I’ve got my autumn sowing garlic in before the end of October. I believe the benefits of sharing the plot with others is already paying off. Recently joined by friend Manishta, and new to …

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Garlic offer

Those who know me are aware that I have a bit of an obsession with garlic. This is in part, due to the fact that I love garlic, but also because I’m allergic to onion, so use garlic as a …

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Garlic harvest 2011

Today I finally harvested the garlic. And here I am, tired (it’s bloody hot out there*), but happy with the harvest. The picture below shows them drying on racks. Yes, I have cut the stems short, I won’t be plaiting …

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Garlic varieties – November 2010 update

I finally got around to pulling together some notes and photos from my garlic harvest. Rather than writing a long blog about each variety, I’m linking here to my Garlic Varieties record sheet (Nov 2010 version). This has a photo …

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Garlic harvest

Dug up all my garlic on the weekend and its now drying in the Lemony. As you can see, I’ve carefully separated out each variety so I can continue to collate information about each. I plan on saving the ones …

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yay -o-yay it’s garlic planting day

FINALLY! Finally it wasn’t raining and I could get down to lottie and finish planting the remaining garlic. Besides those mentioned previously, I also planted some more common garlic, Solent Wight and Arno. Good bog-standard garlic, but not as exciting …

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