Bulb Planting Season!!

On Saturday I planted over 100 new blubs in the front yard. I bought a bunch of bulbs online at Brent and Becky's Bulbs a while back and then waited for them to be shipped. They ship them out according to your zone so us Southerners get them later in the fall than other parts of the US.

I decided while I was working on the bed around our dogwood I might as well edge it with some scrap timber my dad brought up for Jonny and I to put to use. It had been sitting in our carport for months now and I am really happy to have somewhere to put it. I plan to seal the wood tomorrow with normal deck sealer. I'm pretty happy with how it all came out. Now I'm excited for spring when I get to see the amazing flowers all around the yard.

I might be biased, but I truly think bulbs have the most beautiful and unique flowers of all plants. They even rival orchids in my opinion!

My Forray Into Garlic Growing

Seeing that the growing season for veggies has begun to wind down, I decided to fill the empty spaces in my beds with a unique variety of garlic. I bought the Basque Turban variety online from Filaree Garlic Farm. I looked up the proper planting procedures and planted the two bulbs worth of cloves.

Make sure you give the cloves plenty of room to grow and also plant the wider base of the clove towards the ground. These are bulbs after all and will not do well growing towards the ground. You also need to keep the protective "skin" on each of the cloves when you are planting them. I read on some sites that you should soak them in a vinegar bath but I didn't bother to do that. We will see if that was a dire mistake.

When you are done planting the cloves, cover them with loose dirt and a straw mulch (I used the extra pine needles I have all over my yard) and water, water, water.

I cannot wait for garlic scapes and fresh garlic!