For those of us who enjoy gardening, there are certain things that make all the sweating and grime worth it all. More so than the harvest, for me it’s finding those first few baby veggies.
Baby Squash
As I was out watering yesterday, I was very surprised to see a baby squash on one of the plants. These were planted from seeds and with the late cold snaps, I wasn’t expecting to see squash any time soon.
More Squash
I began paying more attention and found another one and didn’t even notice til editing the photo that there are two baby squash on this plant.
The not so fun part — the grasshoppers! That had totally eaten the top of my garlic. I wasn’t planning to start digging it up til the first week in June but because of the damage done by the grasshoppers, I dug half of it up yesterday.
Garlic
The garlic was plenty ready to be harvested so it’s a good thing I did it a week or two earlier than planned. Now I can plant something else where the garlic was growing. Once it cools down this afternoon, I’ll dig the rest of the garlic out, let it all dry for a few days and either braid it or stuff it into an old stocking and hang it somewhere cool. Good luck finding that spot, huh?
AngieG9 says
My mom always separated the cloves, put them in a jar and froze them. When she thawed the number of cloves she needed the skin came off and she could chop the cloves just like fresh. They could probably be put in plastic freezer bags too. Which reminds me, I’m defrosting my freezer at the moment and had better get back to it. Have fun digging the rest of your garlic. I so love that stinky stuff. Even the smell.
Mel Meister says
How long can you expect the garlic to last? (besides being eaten!)
Judy D in WA says
Still I have not put one plant or seed in the garden. I’m sure it will quit raining next week sometime……after the holiday weekend. Squash and garlic….hmmm, dinner.
I’d have better luck finding a cool spot before finding a stocking. 😉
Sheri says
I’ve heard that homegrown garlic is awesome. I need to try that sometime!
Janet says
In the local Asian restaurants here, they use the garlic greens in stir-fry. They look like slender stingbeans, but taste fabulous- a slight sweetness to them, and not garlicky at all. Something I thought you might find interesting to try.
wanda says
I went yesterday and dug up one of my garlic bunches.Well it didn’t look like I thought it would. There aren’t any cloves just one big head. Boy was it strong smelling and tasting too. Now there was 2 little things about the size of you end of little finger (like cloves) and light brown colored attached to it but they fell off. So am I doing the digging to soon? Some of them have the beautiful balls of flowers on the tops way up in the air. Need advice please.
thanks,
wanda
Kathy Alden says
Just got the garden planted today. Finally warm enough! After I got the beets planted, my husband asked where I wanted to plant the radishes. He picked up the packet, then discovered that we just planted the radishes where the beets were to go. Decided to plant the beets along side of the radishes!! I love watching the garden come to life, very exciting!!
Anita says
Funny my husband was just showing a baby yellow squash 🙂
Diana says
Ahh the fresh smell of the garden, after wiping the sweat off a person’s forehead with the hand that you just stuck in the mud !LOL or dirt .. LOL That is what makes it all worth it and worth the effort; the smell, the taste. Ahhh gardening what a way to go …