So things are starting to wind down here as Winter approaches. For those of you who don't read my weekly P-Mag article (shame on you!)
I recently got a fig tree.It's so wee and cute! I have to protect it in the Winter since for some odd reason figs don't lose their fucking minds with joy at the sight of snow. Mr. Figglesworth is now nice and cozy in his winter pillowcase/garbage bag ensemble until Spring rolls around.
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| Inchelium Red |
My other project this morning was garlic. I'd ordered three varieties from D Landreth Seed Co. (the oldest seed house in the US) Rose Du Val (a pink silverskin)
Inchelium Red (a large bulbed artichoke variety)
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| Rose |
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| Gross. |
And another that wasn't in stock so they substituted German Red. I have to say that the German Red didn't keep well at all, I hadn't had this garlic very long before I peeled off the outer skins to get at the cloves and found most of them were off and some even moldy. (I planted them anyway, we'll see if they grow)
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| It was also crazy foggy out today |
I dug four trenches in my front raised bed, two for the Rose because the bulbs are full of small but plentiful cloves, and one for each other variety.
I dug down a few inches and spaced the cloves a few inches apart, then covered them back up. I plan on mulching a few inches with hay later on today. Hopefully when Spring rolls around I'll have an assload of garlic and figs. ONLY TIME SHALL TELL.
So things are starting to wind down here as Winter approaches. For those of you who don't read my weekly P-Mag article (shame on you!) I recently got a fig tree.It's so wee and cute! I have to protect it in the Winter since for some odd reason figs don't lose their fucking minds with joy at the sight of snow. Mr. Figglesworth is now nice and cozy in his winter pillowcase/garbage bag ensemble until Spring rolls around.
