Les Frijo

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:Have you? Have you really? This dude has 132 varieties of garlic for sale, grown better than organic. And he's in Missouri too!

Holey Guacamole! That's a lot. I topped out at 14 once. I only have 3 now but 1 that he doesn't have. I better contact this place.

One particular one that sounds very interesting to me is number 71 "Jessie's girl ( swamp garlic ) H".
Tolerates wet conditions. After a quick search I found this...

https://www.facebook.com/GatewayGarlic/posts/todays-garlic-of-the-day-is-the-one-the-only-jesses-girl-the-river-garlic-named-/3112553192161368/

M Ljin wrote:I like garlic but only occasionally add it to recipes, at least the bulb. I look forward to ramp leaves in spring as well as garlic leaves and scapes. Maybe it is because of laziness or just a sense of the preciousness of a single bulb.

I think that each clove is a bulb. The aggregate formation is a head—for lack of a better term. In the wild (or feral) garlic will split into cloves (bulbs) and by winter time the outer skin will have weathered and sloughed away, and the new bulbs will be rooted firmly in the earth, each an independent new plant.

Ramps, YES!

The terms can be confusing. I agree with yours with this added...when I speak of it from now on I will go with whole head, that's hard to get folks confused. Individually, if it's going to be planted it's a bulb, if it will be eaten, clove. They are all possible future bulbs until I've decided they are cloves. They are precious so it can sometimes seem like work and destruction to break perfection up and eat it.

Hi T,

Here is another thread with some more suggestions, including one that can be made relatively inexpensively.

Good luck!

https://permies.com/t/209831

r ranson wrote:Got an email saying this today.  Anyone able to confirm?

A friendly reminder to our American friends: starting August 29th, the US government is removing the de minimis exemption—which currently allows orders under $800 USD to enter the country duty-free. This means that after this date, all US-bound orders will be subject to duties and tariffs, regardless of the order value. These fees will be the responsibility of the receiver.

That is a friendly reminder. At least there is a date I don't have to look up elsewhere. Uhg.

Sounds to me like you're off to a great start!

It depends!

I would personally only plant a cover crop if I had bare soil or needed the cover crop to build poor soil, mine nutrients etc.. It sounds like too much work like you said unless there is a purpose. All of that mulch you have is probably doing a great job on it's own currently.

In short, plant cover crops when and if it suits your wants and needs!

Sounds like you will be successful whatever you decide.

I've been happy with my simplepump for more than 20 years.

https://www.simplepump.com/

Judith Browning wrote:I'm growing this for the first time this year, seed from Baker Creek.
Our grandson gave us some flowers for tea once...beautiful color and subtle flavor.

Apparently it likes very hot weather 90-100F.

Mine is growing OK but not very lush as it's in poor soil...nice blooms though.

So pretty Judith!

It could be nice to have something that can take the heat like that. I'll be interested to see if you get seeds that can be saved for next season.