Pretty good though, and better than my tiny mutants last year! What variety?
Don't know that one. I've tried purple Ukrainian varieties before (Donetsk something) in containers and deep pots, but it was only this year that I planted in the ground (London clay) and did well. If you've got outside space it might be worth tryingThermidrome. TBH, I can't complain. I just stuck the cloves in troughs containing previously used compost and hoped for the best.
Don't know that one. I've tried purple Ukrainian varieties before (Donetsk something) in containers and deep pots, but it was only this year that I planted in the ground (London clay) and did well. If you've got outside space it might be worth trying
They are ok and more importantly they will taste great , far better than shop bought. What I would do if I were you is to keep some of the cloves for planting next season. You could even replant a whole bulb say September and watch it sprout then divide the cloves and plant out. With garlic ( aside from weather conditions) I have always found the bigger the clove the bigger the bulb next year .
I think you will notice it roasted , and also if grated on cold dishes say salt cod and chickpeas with olive oil
You should get some new mainly stubby pods
I know most foodbanks only take non-perishables, but our local one evolved from a gardening project so they do distribute fresh veg. Also a community cafe might be interested?
Food bank?
Actually thinking about it, there's someone in the street who would know ...
Community fridge if there's one near you? They may know of other places that can take smaller donations of fresh produce too.
So I had a couple of spare seed potatoes and did this for a laugh / out of laziness, just to see what they'd do (aware we're on very different soil types). Two seed potatoes managed to produce a grand total of three new tubers, between the two of them
Years ago before everyone started getting cctv in their houses when I had a glut of courgettes I'd go to the allotment Saturday pick them and then get up very early Sunday and leave them on random peoples doorsteps .
None of the foodbanks around here take fresh produce. There's a side project run by the town's transition project, called Abundance, which is supposed to help with just this problem, but it's comically badly organised.
O, that,s unencouraging. I know it can be a bit rubbish on heavy soil but mine is basically dust so using a bulb-planter, rather than leaving them on the surface, had been working OK for me. Nonetheless, my soil is so awful (and 20 years of intensive growing has rendered it even worse), I am going to leave the whole vegetable area fallow next year in an effort to rebuild the soil back to some decent health. I have been down a no-dig road for a few years now but have been struggling to make enough compost and also adding sufficient organic fertilisers since losing a year to the chlopyralid disaster. Have been managing with granular ferts because the soil here is rubbish at the best of times (and I am now looking at the worst of times). Long-term fruits and flowers are fine...but vegetables are a whole different ball game and mine have been getting progressively worse for the last half-dozen years. Potatoes are the one crop I will badly miss though so I am considering risking cutting out a single long, shallow, trench on the edge of the wood, then popping spuds in and covering with straw and grass clippings, heaping it up through the season.So I had a couple of spare seed potatoes and did this for a laugh / out of laziness, just to see what they'd do (aware we're on very different soil types). Two seed potatoes managed to produce a grand total of three new tubers, between the two of them
