I have a lot of great photos of the garlic progress but alas, I can't find my camera cord to get them downloaded. The weather has been tricky - the garlic is about a month ahead of where it typically is at this time of year. We had some frost several nights last week (and forecasted again for tonight) and the garlic is definitely getting some frost damage on the tips.
Last weekend we got the orchard planted. 24 heirloom varieties and 4 pear trees. How I wish we had done this years ago and again I was down to the wire on making choices, but in the end we just placed the order and planted them. We've got Liberty, Freedom, Duchess of Oldenburg, Northwestern Greening, Lodi, Wealthy, Northwestern Greening - several others that I can't remember off of the top of my head. We planted the trees in a swale - permaculture-like.
Bill plowed 4 more fields with the two-bottomed plow last week. After several days he disc'd once and broke down some of the sod. SW Wisc desperately needs some rain to help break down the plowed fields and allow him to disc again. Then once thru with the cultivator and the tiller and we'll get it covered with a spring manure mix (vetch, oats and field peas).
Additionally, we are mapping our fields and progress on AgSquared. It has a free trial for several months so we'll give it a try to see if it meets our needs for fieldwork, mapping, and tracking.
This is the first spring in years that I haven't started my own seeds. We'll be buying what we can from our pal Penny who farms in Freeport. Looking forward to seeing them and their progress on their farm!
A journal of our adventures in construction, garlic farming and growing our own food as we transition from life in Chicago to life in Southwestern Wisconsin.
1 comment:
Hi Angie,
I was wondering if you had the time to start your seedlings :-). Do you see a difference with the softneck/hardneck garlic as far as frost damage? Our hardneck seems to have it but not the softneck.
Barb
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