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Growing Garlic, Greening Spaces

Garlic for Christmas

Posted on May 29, 2019 by joeyrochford

Our garlic is growing up nicely and will be ready for sale in December 2019.

We will be taking orders from September.

Until then, stay warm! 🙂

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Took a quick sojourn up north to visit the fam and check out Mum’s fancy new potting shed. #lyfegoals #homemade
A year ago befores and afters. Been getting stuff done. #plantsbandithq #boughtapaddock
Pulled out a few million of these little guys today. Romulea rosea, Onion Grass or Guildford Grass, gleefully populating the garlic rows. Common weed of crops, pastures and disturbed sites. The seeds are probably dispersed by water and when infested areas are mown or slashed. Sighs. #theuglycousin #romulearosea #weedsofgarliccrops #garlicfarm #growinggarlic
Back in April, the garlic was mulched with pea straw, - weed suppresser, moisture retainer and nitrogen fixer. The little roots under the soil make little air holes in the soil, create pathways for micro organisms, and attract mycelium. Eventually the little pea shoots above ground will keel over, but before they start crowding out the slower growing garlic shoots, I chopped them off at ground level, lying them on top of the mulch and leaving their roots in the ground to give the garlic some space. This was done with two good mates, a couple of secateurs and a pocket knife. Because a slow process is a good process. #garlicmulch #growinggarlic #mycelium #peastrawmulch #organicgardeningmethods #grownbyhand
A lot of undue credit given to miracles this weekend . Here’s a shout out to that humble high achiever - Science. Garlic shoots have popped up; Pea shoots are doing their nitrogen-adding; Micro-organisms are coming back to the damp soil, thanks to the extra layers of water-saving mulch. #garlic #organicgarlic #garlicfarm #victoriangrown
Before and after three inches of rain. Garlic now mulched and top dressed with the good stuff. Hashtag I used to get so bored listening to adults talk about the weather. ☔️ #organicgarlic #garlic #victoriangarlic #victoriangrown #locallygrown #luckyfarmer
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