Garden May 2012

14 years ago

Here is quick update about our garden and harvesting in May 2012.

This month, we have harvested lot of green beans, garlic, some onions, radishes, beets, some tomatoes, one row of potatoes, few bunched of dill and final cut of spinach, some herbs... Tomatillo, eggplants, yellow zuccini started their first fruits and I have uploaded some pics to picasa album "Garden2012"

Planted some more bush beans and poled beans to vacant space created by potatoes, garlic...

George, thanks for sending bean seeds of "Long Cut Olde Timey Greasy Bean" and "Tennessee Cutshort". I have soaked in the water, will go into ground this evening. I have good luck with pole beans last two years. as they tend start blooming very late then killed by fall frost. I hope these two new beans will produce before the frost. Thank you so much for sending red wigglers, I am rearing them in small bucket then transfer them to compost pit.

New planting/sowing: I am going so sow seeds of the cluster beans (gaur beans) this our favorite beans, second batch of Okra, some pole beans, cucumbers, summer and winter squash, bird-house gourds in wherever I see some gaps!

Cheers -Chandra

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden in May 2012

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mjandkids
14 years ago
Wow Chandra, your garlic harvest makes mine look quite small. All your plants look wonderful. I have never had much luck with beans--pole or otherwise--yours look absolutely smashing! Wonderful job! Looks very yummy :-D
Macmex
14 years ago
Beautiful garden and, ... family. Trust the second half of the growing season goes as well!

George
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soonergrandmom
14 years ago
WOW Chandra, I'm coming to eat at your house. LOL That garlic is amazing. I can't imagine how much garlic you must have planted to get that kind of production. How much space did it require? I don't know much about growing garlic. My biggest problem is that my garden is never ready for a crop that needs to be started in the Fall......and then there's that memory thang!
biradarcm
Original Author
14 years ago
Those handing load is 1/3 of the harvest, another 2/3 of last week harvested garlic lying on the lawn for drying. Garlic is most easiest things to grow when nothing is growing in the garden (Oct-April) and We eat lot of garlic, roasting, cooking, pickling, paste, etc, Amount harvested this year will not be enough for our own consumption if we give some to garlic loving friends. Some close pals even won't ask us to grab few bulbs.

Thanks George, second half of the growing season is best!!! all our favorite vegetables (toms, chillis, okra, beans, eggplants, cluster beans, edible gourds, etc) will come from second half of the growing season!

Carol,
You are most welcome!!! You know how nice it would be! a best chef visiting a garden when garden is full of produce LOL!

I planted garlic last Nov in two beds of 8x16 with 2-3" spacing in all directions. Never watered or fertilized. All i done was 2" mulching with lawn clippings. Garlic is my "plant and forget until harvest" thing. I usually plant left out cloves and some bought from grocery stores. I am thinking to try some heirlooms this fall.

-Chandra
elkwc
14 years ago
Chandra,
Fine looking yard and veggies. Garlic is like peppers and tomatoes. It always catches my attention. If all goes well I think I should have a nice garlic year. I have two 70' rows plus a few volunteers scattered around the garden. The plants I've ran my finger down beside are bulbing up nice. Only one variety is showing signs of maturing. I expect another 2-3 weeks on most. If so I should have some nice large bulbs. What flavor do you like in your garlic? I have several varieties. With a wide range of flavor and heat levels. My two favorites is a strain of Elephant Garlic from CO and Estonian Red. Both have large bulbs and cloves in a normal year. I'm going to send some Estonian Red cloves to Seedmama providing disaster doesn't strike and will send you a few of it and some of the others if you want to try some. I usually plant my garlic around 6 inches a part. Jay
soonergrandmom
14 years ago
Well there shouldn't be any vampires at Chandra or Jay's house. I need to do that this Fall.
biradarcm
Original Author
14 years ago
Jay,

We not ate more than 2-3 types of garlic which we usually buy from super stores, I don't have much idea of different flavors in garlic. Same thing was with tomatoes and peppers until I learned from Tomato Queen and Pepper King, I am sure you knowing who i am talking about!

We like garlic with stronger flavor with more oil and less water content, firm cloves. I really like the variety we grown back in India but it's bulbs/colves are very small, thin skin. I have been growing them for some special red chilli chatny. Since last three years, I planted garlic brought from walkmart and homeland, motley hard-neck and some have soft-neck. Indeed I don't know which variety do well in our conditions, but so far garlic not disappointed me.

Thanks for the offer. In addition to those two variety mentioned, do have couple more types to recommend for central Oklahoma? Would you like to try any specific or new variety for this fall? please let me know so that I can buy extra of that variety (ies)and send some to you.

Thanks-Chandra
mjandkids
14 years ago
Chandra I didn't think I could be more impressed with your garlic but if that's only 1/3 of it I'm in awe :-D

I planted Wal Mart garlic and it did really well for me but it sure came out stronger than any standard white (probably California?) garlic I've ever tasted before. A little will go a long way for us LOL.

Jay--what is the mildest garlic you know of that will grow in our climate? Hardneck or softneck--doesn't matter to me.
scrapbetter
14 years ago
WOW!!! I am humbled!!! Amazing gardens! It makes me want to double the size of mine next year... :)
Brenda