{"id":6004,"date":"2014-11-03T09:31:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T13:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2014-11-03T09:33:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T13:33:14","slug":"garlic-is-in-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2014\/11\/garlic-is-in-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Garlic is in the ground."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"new<\/a>
new bed 4west – 6’x23′<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2014 fall garlic planting was completed on Saturday 2014 November 01, taking 11 person-hours.
\nThis is the newest vegetable bed, Veg4west. It is 6′ wide by 23′ long and was newly created over a grass lawn with a lot of paper and cardboard at the bottom, lots of triple mix dirt on top, and 6 bags of composted sheep manure (0.5,0.5,0.5). Some home compost was thrown in as well.<\/p>\n

This is less than 1\/2 of the garlic patch. The lists will be transcribed in the near future but basically we planted in units of 6 plants. Each row across holds two units or 12 cloves.
\nEach garlic clove in the unit of 6 is 6″ apart from the next.
\nEach row of 12 is 10″ away from the next row of 12.<\/p>\n

\"laminated<\/a>
laminated laser printer stapled to stick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also moved to try out a new system of signage this year. In the past we have used 1×2’s with red paint for names. Over time those too fade away, but moreso, it is a lot of preparation time to find, clean, paint, and dry. This year we printed out the names on a laser printer, then had that laminated. We cut the laminate apart and staples them to 1×2 stakes and pounded those in with the nametags facing north to minimize sun exposure..<\/p>\n

\"Vegbed<\/a>
Vegbed #4A 14’x15′<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the 2nd bed of plants… an area 14’x15′ Here we planted 3 beds of 13 rows, each row with 1 unit of 6 plants. 6 plants is all we need to keep the seed going, to have a couple of bulbs to sell to other seed savers who want to expand their garden, and have a couple to eat.<\/p>\n

Some of the types we really like (Mennonite, Inchelium), we grow out 24 plants.<\/p>\n

It was about 3deg C with a good stiff wind from the north, maybe 10-20kph. No rain though.
\nThat made all the difference.<\/p>\n

All in all, roughly 72 types this year, approx 490 plants.
\nWe still have straw to spread plus the garlic bulbil growout in veg beds #7 and #8 to complete planting this week. Maybe if we are lucky, we can be 100% completed by the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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