April 7, 2012

• Like A Farmer

  

  

  These are my garlic plants currently.. as you can see from the shadow, the garlic don't receive the full sun they'd like.  The chimney (not pictured) jutting out probably doesn't help, but the real culprit appears to be the height of the house, which shades the two feet of ground just north of it.

  Up above, my garlic in November.  How much they've grown! ::tear::

  

  I dug up two (of the weakest) plants in March because of frustration with aphids and, in part, out of curiosity.  I wanted to check what was going on where I couldn't see beneath the ground.  Though the bulbs are small, the plants also were half the size of the others, which leaves me hopeful about the remaining seven. The severed end of the plant had a distinct aromatic smell.  The aphids, thankfully, have declined in number after weeks of vigilant patrol.

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  My mom gave me several (5 to be exact) unrooted cuttings from a goji berry plant, which I planted, though they looked like not much more than twigs with thorns.

  

  I don't know how well they'll do as dried out as they were.  Researching online only gave me pictures of leafy, rooted, happy goji berry cuttings.  Two of the cuttings are serving as stakes.

  They're covered with a plastic bag atop our refrigerator, for now.

  

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