Pip and I hung out together inside (mostly) today.
The wind is cold and quite gusty – it rained on and off.
I did manage to sell some knitted gloves – just messaging a friend who wants a pair to give as a present so thats good. I had half a pair almost made so it shouldn’t take too long to whip up the other cuff!
So… garlic. Figured I should sort out what I had.
The early variety is clearly ready to get into the ground – last week preferably!!
I sat and separated all the cloves from the bulbs and into containers – one for the plantable early purple, a couple for the normal white, and one container of cloves to cook or dehydrate!
Do you know how LONG this takes???
I suppose thats why buying seed garlic is so expensive.
Now I have a few hundred plantable cloves, I am wondering how much more weeding I need to do to get these in the dirt?
Anyway… its another job done.
We shall see what the weather is like tomorrow before committing to being out there. Hopefully good because as of Wednesday I am due in Burnie for jury duty… no idea how long that might take! (Will assuredly be taking my knitting and crochet as I remember a lot of sitting about last time!!)
Cheers!
Just a perspective, the US market of processed garlic [chopped, dried, powdered, all the kinds that restaurants use, other than farm-to-table type restaurants] has been taken over by the Chinese! US manufacturers of these products are no longer are competitive and are gone. And yes, we grow our own.
I am totally hearing you on this! So much of the garlic on our shelves is imported from China! Even the local Veggie Shed has Chinese garlic sitting alongside the locally grown stuff… makes me mad. The imported-sprayed-with-who-knows-what garlic is three times cheaper than the local organic garlic. Its pretty sad. People want/demand super cheap cheaper and really cheap and the only way it gets provided is exploiting workers in other countries. I am hoping to get a lot in the ground soon and if they are successful, then I plan to make a big effort at having lots of things for sale this upcoming spring out the front. Garlic is one thing I never have problems selling (I have just been a little greedy keeping most of it to myself 🙂 )
I have never bought processed garlic apart from garlic salt – so I will have to check the shelves at the supermarket to see where ours is coming from.
Loved the MS RUBY pics n Jeff n Margie. Glad to know all is well. Pip looks soooo relaxed. Glad you got garlic separated ready for garden. Gloves are sooo pretty beautiful work. Know you’ll enjoy your “tour of duty” be sure to take your handwork. Linda Hart in Ga.
Thanks Linda! Looking at the weather for the next few days and I think there will be more knitting done!! 🙂