The long wait in the long winter
Our fall crop of garlic was well-established, so back in February I decided to do a second planting of garlic, and I thought I’d try some shallots too. There were a few funny plants in the back yard when we moved in that seemed to keep coming back, and I dug them up, and one turned out to be a garlic plant. So I bought a couple heads of garlic and some shallots at Madison Market, and I also planted the volunteer garlic cloves. The volunteer garlic came up immediately and began to grow leaves. However, it took almost two months for the store-bought ones to sprout, but they have finally started coming up.
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congrats on the recent break through (4 eggs!)
thought you might like this: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/dining/15curi.html?_r=1&em
currently trying to make some whole milk yogurt right now. Hope all are happy and healthy!
Alicia is a big fan of homemade yogurt — she got a yogurt maker a year or so ago. Smoothies keep kids happy.
By the way… for those reading this and wondering how a spring crop of garlic worked out, well, it didn’t. The garlic cloves didn’t get very big before the tops died off. Plant in the fall for a July harvest is what I’ve learned.