Our garlic was a total failure this year. Something just wasn't right and I am officially done looking at it. We were able to get some straw from a friend and so I am pulling it out, composting it and covering it with straw until planting time. Through the mercy of my dear friend Cheryl, I will get a fresh batch of hard neck garlic this fall along with our mutual new experiment of soft neck garlic! I am really excited about starting this again.
Our leeks are marvelous again this year! Oh how we enjoy leeks and how they seem to enjoy our soil. I guess I was made for root crops. Stealing an idea from a preserving book, we are bringing a bucket of sand into the basement this winter and will trim the roots off of the leeks and plant them in. Watering once, checking monthly, they will likely hold until spring onions are cropping out of the ground.
Given our utter frustration with green beans, I have finally convinced my husband that onions are something we really ought to grow instead. We found discounted ($.50 and $.10) 50 onion sets at the local gardening store and threw them into our patio garden as an experiment in late July. They will only ever amount to table onions but something is better than nothing and if we can keep the kids away from them, we will have some red and white scallions for soups and fall stews.
Kale is a new crop for us this year and as such was only given a small space. What a mistake! The stuff is awesome and thriving in our yard! Who knew?! Next year Kale will get a place of honor in our garden so that we can eat kale chips all fall.
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