tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post115784443808255852..comments2024-03-19T00:54:49.043-05:00Comments on In My Kitchen Garden: 9/9/06 Garden Journal How To: Growing Hardneck GarlicFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1158067200772174852006-09-12T08:20:00.000-05:002006-09-12T08:20:00.000-05:00Hello Farmgirl,how much I love this post of yours!...Hello Farmgirl,<BR/>how much I love this post of yours! Many great info! I'm happy to try growing garlic since I often eat them. Thank you!Gattina Cheunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259299908195438080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1158035263977668982006-09-11T23:27:00.000-05:002006-09-11T23:27:00.000-05:00Farmgirl,We just harvested our tomatoes (green one...Farmgirl,<BR/>We just harvested our tomatoes (green ones because the husband don't want to build a makeshift hothouse--yes, it had turn so chilly since early August), so we let it ripen inside a box. Yesterday we ate those ripe, orangey tasty tomatoes. I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lengthy explanation about tomatoes and pruning the leaves. We are off to the far East for a year, and hopefully we would be able to garden there, too :). Thank you again.<BR/><BR/>With warm regards, <BR/>marlindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1157927149579468792006-09-10T17:25:00.000-05:002006-09-10T17:25:00.000-05:00So, since we live in a hot climate, does that mean...So, since we live in a hot climate, does that mean I can just plant cheapie soft-necked garlic from the grocery store? I'm on it. Although it doesn't make scapes, which I learned to love when I was living in Minnesota. There is always a tradeoff, I guess!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304958139383108809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1157913638872486142006-09-10T13:40:00.000-05:002006-09-10T13:40:00.000-05:00Hi, Susan: You've inspired me to start my own blo...Hi, Susan: You've inspired me to start my own blog. :) My immediate question is: What is your reasoning for growing softneck garlic in warmer climates? I'm on the coast in Central California.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411119982976757097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1157908124690141562006-09-10T12:08:00.000-05:002006-09-10T12:08:00.000-05:00Hi Susan.. Believe it or not, I discovered your si...Hi Susan.. Believe it or not, I discovered your site by doing a search for Native wild plums!! It was so interesting I put it in favorites for great reading. I've been planting garlic for about 9 years. Only outlaying $$ when we want to try a new variety. We are softneck folks. But here in the pacific N.W. you can grow any variety you like. I like soft because they braid. I found the key to really good garlic, is getting your bed prepaired really well. We have clay soil, and have to add enormus quanities of compost, and added garden soil to get a good bed. Garlic dosnt care to grow in adobe. Be careful and don't get carried away. two years ago we did and planted 196 cloves equaling 196 heads of garlic. The Neighbors ran when they saw me comming...Best of luck with yours. OH by the way... any idea how to pick the green beans from the top of my Too Tall green bean teepee?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1157904857180639872006-09-10T11:14:00.000-05:002006-09-10T11:14:00.000-05:00Thanks for the reminder to get planting garlic and...Thanks for the reminder to get planting garlic and the info on the two kinds (which I remember you talked about once before but I had kind of forgotten about!)Kalyn Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1157900584811536522006-09-10T10:03:00.000-05:002006-09-10T10:03:00.000-05:00Susan - Whatever happened to the "green garlic" yo...Susan - Whatever happened to the "green garlic" you planted earlier? Mine just sorta "went away". Disappeared into the ground, I guess. I never got to harvest a single one. Did you?Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202463147917151854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-1157849692905020502006-09-09T19:54:00.000-05:002006-09-09T19:54:00.000-05:00Thanks, Farmgirl, I hope very much to hear everyth...Thanks, Farmgirl, <BR/><BR/>I hope very much to hear everything goes well with this year's garlic. Thanks also for this valuable parable. I agree strongly that it always costs more (in more than money) when you "start out with anything less."the chocolate doctor מרת שאקאלאדhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17844956689807749316noreply@blogger.com