Today two City Seed farmgirls planted a bed of garlic!
Having never planted garlic before today, we pooled tips from many different sources - Ed from the High Park allotment gardens (we came across him mulching his garden yesterday).
"Make sure you keep the soil loose around the clove. Also, try to keep a mix of five parts soil to one part s**t , or else you'll burn your plants."
"Burn them?"
"Yes. because poo is salty." Even more confused, I consulted The Google later. It turns out, the osmosis effect of water from clove -> to manure (low salt to high salt) dehydrates and eventually 'scorches' the plant. Sh**ty.
We also called in mom-help. "Do we remove the roots? Do squirrels like garlic?"
I was pretty sure the answer was no and no. I was wrong on both counts.
Apparently squirrels like to dig up garlic bulbs just to check them out. They're just curious. They'll sniff out the scene, play around with them a bit, just for a second, just to see how it feels. "Oooo, is this a tulip bulb? Nibble nibble. Nope. I'll just leave it here, beside the hole."
(I wonder... if I left out some turkey for the squirrels... would the tryptophan effect overpower this detrimental curiosity?)
IN EITHER CASE, we successfully planted 3 beautiful varieties of Ontario garlic!
Triple Cord Mennonite garlic from a cute little heritage seed shop on Sorauren Avenue, some massive bulbs that we picked up at the Dig In! UofT Local Lunch last week (in celebration of World Food Week), and some garlic from Ed at the High Park allotment garden - straight from his garden to ours.
Can you chive with that?
Having never planted garlic before today, we pooled tips from many different sources - Ed from the High Park allotment gardens (we came across him mulching his garden yesterday).
"Make sure you keep the soil loose around the clove. Also, try to keep a mix of five parts soil to one part s**t , or else you'll burn your plants."
"Burn them?"
"Yes. because poo is salty." Even more confused, I consulted The Google later. It turns out, the osmosis effect of water from clove -> to manure (low salt to high salt) dehydrates and eventually 'scorches' the plant. Sh**ty.
We also called in mom-help. "Do we remove the roots? Do squirrels like garlic?"
I was pretty sure the answer was no and no. I was wrong on both counts.
Apparently squirrels like to dig up garlic bulbs just to check them out. They're just curious. They'll sniff out the scene, play around with them a bit, just for a second, just to see how it feels. "Oooo, is this a tulip bulb? Nibble nibble. Nope. I'll just leave it here, beside the hole."
(I wonder... if I left out some turkey for the squirrels... would the tryptophan effect overpower this detrimental curiosity?)
IN EITHER CASE, we successfully planted 3 beautiful varieties of Ontario garlic!
Triple Cord Mennonite garlic from a cute little heritage seed shop on Sorauren Avenue, some massive bulbs that we picked up at the Dig In! UofT Local Lunch last week (in celebration of World Food Week), and some garlic from Ed at the High Park allotment garden - straight from his garden to ours.
Can you chive with that?
Can't wait to chive with that!
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Amazing. For good luck, I will eat nothing but garlic during the incubations. Like when hockey players don't shave for the playoffs.
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