succession-planting

[Beekissed]

LOVE you place, Cabin Guy, and can only dream of having garlic that big and healthy looking.

 

[cabinguy]

Thanks BB I think Ill wait till the end of this month to plant the Mustard.
Glad you enjoyed the pic MMD
Thanks for the compliment Bee on the house and the garlic Ive been working on two different varieties.
I started growing garlic about 4 years ago, I purchased 4 or 5 heads of each from a local produce auction and have been keeping 20%
the largest heads year for seed stock. This year I will harvest 500-550 heads and each of the two varieties have been growing in size each year the one in the picture is the smaller of the two and has a bit of red in the skin. We love the scapes in the spring,ferment and few heads and make black garlic,dehydrate some, make garlic powder during the winter,use the whole garlic and this year experimented with making scape powder. Ive kind of standardized on my bed by growing one variety on each side of the bed with my tomatoes in the middle inter planted with basil. The perfect sauce bed, the garlic deters many of the bad bugs the basil attracts the beneficial bugs helping to increase the tomato yield. Many sources say the basil improves the taste of the tomatoes if planted near but im not to sure about that.

 

[Chic Rustler]

nice haul!

 

[framing fowl]

How do you make the black garlic?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm curious too!

 

[cabinguy]

Planted my mustard greens two weeks ago in the bed where my garlic was. The mustard greens sprouted a week ago and are doing well ill need to thin them soon. This weekend im preparing the bed where i harvested my Yukon golds and I'm planting kale, Swiss chard and collards im hoping its not to late for the fall crops

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm at least thinking about succession planting - but it's still a bit too hot for most fall veggies. I'll give it another 6 - 8 weeks....

 

[cabinguy]

Got it done this weekend prepared the bed by top dressing with compost and planted a row of kale , swiss chard and collards.
I even spent time foraging in the woods with DW at a state park .

 

[cabinguy]

Ya'll are so far ahead of me.... I can't even make myself get out there and pick okra...

I had to push myself Im feeling kind of rushed want to finish my project at camp ,need to start cutting and splitting fire wood and prep garden and plant next years garlic by end of Oct.

 

[sumi]

I had to push myself Im feeling kind of rushed want to finish my project at camp ,need to start cutting and splitting fire wood and prep garden and plant next years garlic by end of Oct.

I have a pile of branches needing sawing into logs myself. And I'm trying very hard to rid most of the backyard from weeds and get the rest of the lawn sowed before it gets too cold. Along with ridding the existing new lawn of dock and other weeds. I don't think I'm going to have a bigger fall garden than the summer one, which wasn't very big to start with lol