Re: Winter
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  • Subject: Re: Winter
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:35:02 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/browse_category.aspx?id=203 
Seeds of change has a special section on garlic. They provide lists of both types and what flavors they have. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Friday, December 4, 2009 3:42:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Winter 

Soft-neck? Do you have any plant names that you use? We have a lot 
of humidity too. 


On 12/4/09, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote: 
> I harvest mine when the leaves are still green but just beginning to 
> flop over. Then, I clean them, let them dry, braid them, and hang in the 
> kitchen. I use mostly soft-necked because they store better in the humid 
> conditions we have. 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> 
> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> Sent: Friday, December 4, 2009 2:57:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Winter 
> 
> Bonnie (and any other garlic experts out there....). When do you 
> harvest your garlic? I have the perfect place for some, but not sure 
> when to dig them up? 
> 
> 
> On 12/4/09, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote: 
> > Winter is slow to come to us in ETN. Last week, we still had plants 
> > trying to bloosom again. This week we had a hard frost so more and more 
> > is going into dormancy. Snow is definitely forecast for the Smoky 
> > Mountains, an hour away. We may get some flurries. So, this morning I 
> > got out the garlic bulbs and got them in a raised bed: six of Kettle 
> > River Giant; three of Chilean Silver; and three of Inchelium Red. All of 
> > the bulbs had lots of cloves so I filled up one of my five raised veggie 
> > beds. All my decidious holly look great, as well as the oak-leaf 
> > hydrangae, red twig dogwood, and Natchez crepe myrtle. Since we don't 
> > get much snow, I have tried to put some color interest in my gardens. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for the dehydrator info. I may try to work up a batch of figs next year. 
> > 
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> Jesse R. Bell 
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