From plot to plate
After a couple of weeks away, returning to the vegetable garden this weekend was a mix of anticipation and trepidation. The soaker hoses had done their job well and more […]
Tag Archives: garlic
Squash survival
The resilience of some plants never ceases to amaze. Many weeks ago I accidentally snapped the delicate stem of a young squash plant. Just a little of the stalk was […]
Making garlic powder
Today I noticed that some of last year’s garlic that I have in storage had started sprouting. To rescue it, I turned it into garlic powder: it’s a little painstaking […]
Seasonal Snow
We had a great fall of snow in North West England last night, the evening of Boxing Day. A good layer quickly built up and coated the veg garden at […]
Mighty Mangetout
How can my mangetout still be flowering a few days before Christmas? Is it just not cold enough? Like last year, approaching the end of 2014 we’ve had a few […]
Set for winter
A trip to the shops today was a good opportunity to stock up on onion, shallot and garlic sets. Each of the above is an overwintering variety, so I’ll plant […]
Garlic Rescue
When rust first appeared on my garlic at the start of June, little did I realise how severe it would become. In the photo above, by 20th July the foliage […]
Rusty Garlic
This is over-wintered Provence Wight garlic, which has been in the ground for the best part of eight months. I noticed it was suffering from rust: the brown spots of fungus […]
Hung out to dry
It’s a humble crop but it was pleasing to hang up most of this year’s onions and garlic today. They’re already part dry after a week on a drying shelf, […]
Garlic incoming!
Reasonably pleased with the garlic harvest this year. Picked on 10th August and now drying off indoors, these were a short row of the popular Solent Wight variety. Although I […]
