Tag Archives: garlic

The Alliums are invading!

Posted on July 13, 2020 by carolee

I’m growing more alliums than usual this year, but not quite as many shallots. It wasn’t my choice to grow fewer, but last year was so wet that many of the shallots began to rot before their tops even considered … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged garlic, growing your own vegetables, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, Onions, potager, shallots, succession planting | 11 Comments

Today was Moving Day!

Posted on March 25, 2020 by carolee

Finally, the forecast was good (above freezing for the next 10 days, mostly cloudy and lots of rainy days) and the ground is solid enough to allow me to move flats from the basement to the greenhouse! It’s a brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged gardening, garlic, greenhouse growing, growing your own food, Indiana gardening, kitchen garden, potager, spinach, Spring gardening | 4 Comments

The Garlic harvest

Posted on July 22, 2019 by carolee

The garlic harvest has been interesting this year. (The photo shows a very small portion of the garlic harvest, plus some “Red Torpedo” onions curing on the Lady Cottage floor.) After a very long, extremely wet winter with periods … Continue reading →

Posted in garlic, hardneck garlic, harvest, Uncategorized | Tagged garlic, growing your own food, hardneck garlic, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, Potager | 4 Comments

March in Review

Posted on March 31, 2019 by carolee

The final day in March, a month entered with high hopes and big plans after a frigid January and a very dismal February. The photo taken this morn says it all, “Not much progress.” Let’s hope it’s the final … Continue reading →

Posted in monthly review, Uncategorized | Tagged garlic, Indiana gardening, Indiana weather, lavender, March snow, monthly review, Potager | 21 Comments

8th Seeding & Welcoming blooms!

Posted on March 27, 2019 by carolee

We must have brought the sunshine with us from Florida! Our local weatherman announced that yesterday was the most sunshine Indiana has had since January 5th!!! And happily, the sunshine continues today. Lots more of the “Cream Beauty” crocuses … Continue reading →

Posted in Seeding, Uncategorized | Tagged chives, crocuses, dwarf iris, garlic, growing vegetables, Indiana gardening, kitchen garden, Potager, radicchio | 13 Comments

Six on Saturday-7/14

Posted on July 14, 2018 by carolee

It’s been another very hot, humid week here in central Indiana, with barely a sprinkle of rain. In the potager, the harvest continues unabated due to regular watering. Along with all the crops shown in prior posts, some new ingredients … Continue reading →

Posted in harvest, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized | Tagged French Fingerling potatoes, gardening, garlic, melons, Potager, Potatoes, shallots, Six on Saturday, tomatoes | 26 Comments

Six on Saturday-7/7

Posted on July 7, 2018 by carolee

Does it seem to you that we just wrote a “Six on Saturday” a day or two ago? The days are whizzing by, which is why it’s important to take a moment and breathe deeply, especially if there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden lessons, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized | Tagged black currants, gardening, garlic, growing vegetables, lilies, Potager, shallots, Six on Saturday | 20 Comments

Six on Saturday: Mar 3 ’18

Posted on March 3, 2018 by carolee

March has begun very quietly here, unlike the snowstorms on the East Coast and Europe. Basically, we are just marking time until the temperatures warm and the soil dries enough to return to the gardens. Each time it gets close, … Continue reading →

Posted in Six on Saturday, Spring, Uncategorized | Tagged chamomile, crocus, dwarf iris, gardening, garlic, potager, signs of spring, Six on Saturday | 10 Comments

Sew, Sow–So what?

Posted on February 21, 2018 by carolee

I readily admit I am old and set in some ways, but I’m also trying to embrace new technology. Obviously I can encourage far more people to garden and continue gardening despite discouragements through blogging, than by silently burrowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, gardening, garlic, Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, garden grammar, gardening, garlic, growing your own vegetables, learning, potager, seed sowing, sweet potatoes | 29 Comments

Six on Saturday-Nov. 4

Posted on November 4, 2017 by carolee

Frost has come a few times to central Indiana, sometimes light, sometimes heavy but often enough that the annuals have all turned brown. I’d love to report that I’ve trimmed all the death and destruction from the gardens and moved it … Continue reading →

Posted in gardening, garlic, harvest, Lettuce, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized | Tagged allium rack, broccoli, brussel sprouts, carrots, gardening, garlic, growing your own vegetables, harvest, Lettuce, Six on Saturday, storage | 21 Comments