This ought to be a good one.....who is from BYC??
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DawnSuiter
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dar!!fireweed
Leafing Out
My garden is semi-communal as we live on 3+ acres in my sister/BILs' rental cabin, they're in the the big log house and our elderly mom lives here too and loves her veggies and fruit.lesa said:
The veggie garden used to be a horse paddock so big and fenced and well manured by the remaining horses. BIL tills in heaps of rotted horse manure each spring.
We have green peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, buttercup squash, Swiss chard, beets, carrots, and parsnips.
There are kiwis added this year and raspberries and a huge patch of strawberries that have spread out of control.
There are a few grape vines elsewhere on the property and a myriad of blackberry vines.
There was a huge patch of garlics which I have already harvested. Best crop yet.
And in our personal yard I have some strawberries and rhubarb as well as the typical flowers and decorative plants.
And everywhere else on the property, is chicken territory.
Fresh eggs, fruit and veggies enough for us all and extras to sell occasionally at the end of the driveway.
It's a lot of work but we all pitch in. (Except mom, she's too old to put to work, LOL)
lesa
Garden Master
That all sound wonderful!! Will you be planting garlic again soon? My plant date is coming right up, here in upstate NY. What a great setup- and good for Mom... she's got someone doing her gardening!
fireweed
Leafing Out
We're up in Pacific Northwest (British Columbia) and I would normally be putting garlics in about now but we are having a lot of rain right now.
If we get a nice dry spell in early October I'll plant then.
I like the soil to be warm and dry for about a week after I plant them and spread a nice thick blanket of straw to keep them from freezing and to slow the weeds.
I select about 10-15 of my biggest best garlics each year to replant and am now getting fist sized garlics with about 8-9 cloves in each bulb, so my system seems to work.
I use a lot of garlic. MMMM.
If we get a nice dry spell in early October I'll plant then.
I like the soil to be warm and dry for about a week after I plant them and spread a nice thick blanket of straw to keep them from freezing and to slow the weeds.
I select about 10-15 of my biggest best garlics each year to replant and am now getting fist sized garlics with about 8-9 cloves in each bulb, so my system seems to work.
I use a lot of garlic. MMMM.
fireweed
Leafing Out
Welcome Dar. I'm just arrived too from BYC. I hope this site is as much fun and just as addictive.dar said:
Well so much for housework, LOL.
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This is great! I'm a BYCer and love the site and I know I'm gonna love this one too!!! 
RustyDHart
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I'm a BYC'er....an Easy Garderner....and a BYH'er (Backyard Herds group)....I've been enjoying all three....very informative and great people. I'm raising my Pyncheon Bantams....my Dahlias....and my Scottish Blackface Sheep. WELCOME to all the new people!!!! Warmest regards, Rusty Hart (Irish Acres)
