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Good Morning! We have red clay for 'soil' here, and it was used to fill the railroad ties level. On top of that, in the beds, is a 12" layer of gravel, then some 'top soil' (by loose definition) and then mushroom compost, my own compost, and manure mixed in. The layer of gravel helps with...

When you say 'two rows', how many cloves is that?

Good points. The container was roughly 8", so the bulb 2-3" down, left another 5 for roots, and 3-4" of mulch up top for insulating factors. The side of the container (black plastic) facing south-east, I wrapped with white plastic for heat deflection. As experiments go, I will monitor. If...

I'm still trying to figure some of the hinks out. I'll get there! :)

Hi Mary, I have family from the SF area, and I miss Scoma's restaurant dearly. We will have to go visit as our excuse to get another delicious meal at that restaurant! Our yard is extremely sloped in areas. In order to have a flat surface to put the raised beds, we had to 'flatten' the area...

Welcome, from another newbie in East Tennessee. :)

Enjoying reading up on your all's garlic stories. We don't use salt in our cooking to speak of, everything is garlic, garlic, garlic. A number of years back, I had planted garlic given to me by one of my fellow MGers, an Italian type. Got a decent crop, but went lazy more often then not, and...

Thank you muchly for the warm welcome! My micro-climate runs cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter. Updraft from the lake we live on, so I'm told. I've also been told by a weather nut I'm friends with, that the winds we occasionally experience (like, moving the deck furniture from...

Not new to gardening (lapsed MG) but new to here. Been a couple of years since I was on a gardening forum, and seriously miss the flow of information and new ideas other gardeners share. I'm in NE Tennessee, Zone 7a, but have a microclimate that seems to affect just my yard. Looking forward...