Planting garlic
This afternoon, I planted garlic, which happily arrived yesterday. A slight ordering snafu had me receiving garlic in late November instead of late September from my favorite supplier in Oregon (Hood River Garlic).
And having been alarmed that I might not still be on their list (they're sold out for the fall season), I ordered more garlic (as a backup) last week from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (along with some French red shallots, buckwheat seeds (as a cover crop for next summer), and some Hmong sticky rice (for more experimenting).
But the rescheduled shipment from Oregon and the SESE one arrived together on Friday. Whoo-hoo! Happily, I can use all of it, and share some in our demonstration kitchen garden at work, too.
So I planted four beds of garlic and one of shallots this afternoon.
I had organized the potting bench area a bit yesterday -- it's looking nicer now....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7lkabTMa7HCauT03kANg5adXbYb7llmugWcTB9sLK9NDJlETQxSXqpi_qTZjVrRSJRkb8SgD-N03HJDYt4tvN2bj8LmivnxTvNJ2tZr7BNS7edNbXee8yo3-NWJ7MAl4PFqoYIcHClc/s400/garlic-bed.jpg)
But the rescheduled shipment from Oregon and the SESE one arrived together on Friday. Whoo-hoo! Happily, I can use all of it, and share some in our demonstration kitchen garden at work, too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Eo_z2qd0u0pzpa3RCMJhAmAPhX_oENoenzXEKAE4-UTdOtniEAT8JUHotpFdSdfvxedLnXBVnmXRJJwXEKAI1MjWaIYxwiovku_FD9pyW7FwAOWsGPXChsW5HeftSOjc76ffP6cXntw/s400/garlic-ready-to-plant.jpg)
I had organized the potting bench area a bit yesterday -- it's looking nicer now....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30UmxVF5ApOprrpK1jgRBVIoWUIEBQAJA9F-JmbzPDDEUx9uRAlUxkdIYgj6mx83GavK0KPOV6gsPucX7geTv-r-c2y6fAHwgKmVGg7-zqaVBoKioNkVGbn3ae-hmLLwLRA9YUoXKT_Q/s400/a-pleasing-potting-area.jpg)
Looks like you will be well supplied with garlic!
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ReplyDeleteJust bumped into your blog and like it. I have never planted garlic, not sure if it will grow in Malaysia....and now looking at yours, I think, I am going to try planting and see what is the outcome....