Comments on: How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove A Site About Everything and Nothing Thu, 17 May 2012 22:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8755 Mon, 11 May 2009 07:09:56 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8755 Hi Juli, I'll keep you updated fo course, as mentioned it is, according to the gardening books, too late in the year but I feel confident ! Great to hear you're having a go at growing veg as well Juli. I grew spring onions hte year before last, they were smallish but fabulous in terms of flavour. Got a couple of rows just coming through now. Strangely, I've never had any trouble with birds, my biggest problems have been the white butterflies and subsequent caterpillars :twisted: Let us know you you get on Juli All the best Rod Hi Juli,
I’ll keep you updated fo course, as mentioned it is, according to the gardening books, too late in the year but I feel confident !

Great to hear you’re having a go at growing veg as well Juli. I grew spring onions hte year before last, they were smallish but fabulous in terms of flavour. Got a couple of rows just coming through now.

Strangely, I’ve never had any trouble with birds, my biggest problems have been the white butterflies and subsequent caterpillars :twisted:

Let us know you you get on Juli
All the best
Rod

]]> Comment on How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove by: juli http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8753 Sun, 10 May 2009 18:42:06 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8753 Will need updates as to whether this grow your own garlic thing works - might get added into my garden next year if it does. This year's my first year really growing anything apart from strawberries - I have potatoes, onions and hopefully spring onions if I can get the damn things transplanted into the garden without them dying on me like they did on the first attempt! Having spent all afternoon trying to cover the two raised beds in the garden with net, as one has the strawberries in it and the other has the onions in, I'm seriously wondering if garlic would b a good idea - might it be the only thing I could plant that the birds wouldn't take a fancy to and try to pull up or eat?! Seriously, my strawberries now have a lovely wigwam thing made of cane and net over them, this gardening thing is way too much hassle! Will need updates as to whether this grow your own garlic thing works - might get added into my garden next year if it does. This year’s my first year really growing anything apart from strawberries - I have potatoes, onions and hopefully spring onions if I can get the damn things transplanted into the garden without them dying on me like they did on the first attempt!

Having spent all afternoon trying to cover the two raised beds in the garden with net, as one has the strawberries in it and the other has the onions in, I’m seriously wondering if garlic would b a good idea - might it be the only thing I could plant that the birds wouldn’t take a fancy to and try to pull up or eat?! Seriously, my strawberries now have a lovely wigwam thing made of cane and net over them, this gardening thing is way too much hassle!

]]> Comment on How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8745 Sat, 09 May 2009 07:18:41 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8745 WoE It was shallots, red onions, golden gourmet onions, spring onions and leeks. As Femme Fatale said, <i>we now know why you are a singleton</i> :) July would be about right had I planted it much earlier, we'll just see how it goes. I tried to smoke a garlic last year but it kept going out :) Best Rod WoE
It was shallots, red onions, golden gourmet onions, spring onions and leeks.
As Femme Fatale said, we now know why you are a singleton :)

July would be about right had I planted it much earlier, we’ll just see how it goes.

I tried to smoke a garlic last year but it kept going out :)
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove by: WoE http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8744 Fri, 08 May 2009 20:55:58 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8744 Rod, We vaguely remember sticking something onionish into the ground in March but we can't remember where or what, so we're going to need photographs of your garlic foliage for comparison. Think garlic is harvested in July normally or is that just in sunnier climes? Will you be smoking your own? :) WoE Rod,

We vaguely remember sticking something onionish into the ground in March but we can’t remember where or what, so we’re going to need photographs of your garlic foliage for comparison. Think garlic is harvested in July normally or is that just in sunnier climes?

Will you be smoking your own? :)

WoE

]]> Comment on How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8743 Fri, 08 May 2009 11:07:05 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8743 FF, thanks for that, I'm pretty pleased with this photography lark ! <i>In re</i> the garlic - that's a good point but have you considered the possibility that I use it in the Vampiric sense - to ward off predatory females :) Rgds Rod FF,
thanks for that, I’m pretty pleased with this photography lark !
In re the garlic - that’s a good point but have you considered the possibility that I use it in the Vampiric sense - to ward off predatory females :)

Rgds
Rod

]]> Comment on How to Grow Your Own Garlic from a Clove by: Femme Fatale http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8742 Fri, 08 May 2009 09:54:18 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/how-to-grow-your-own-garlic-from-a-clove#comment-8742 Rod, What a fabulous piccy of your srouting Garlic, very impressive, ;) but sorry to say, we now know why you are a singleton if this is often on the Goldeneye menu :cry: FF xx Rod,

What a fabulous piccy of your srouting Garlic, very impressive, ;)
but sorry to say, we now know why you are a singleton if this is often on the Goldeneye menu :cry:

FF
xx

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