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Food forest harvest: garlic

Finally found time to harvest the garlic in the food forest. Experimented with some different bed preparations and had mixed results. The best method ended up being what I did last year: broadfork, add compost, broadfork, much with manure packed straw, plant.

Even though the other methods of using woodchips as mulch and only manure packed straw weren't as good, there was enough garlic planted to harvest more than last year.

I think we are going to need it with all the peppers and cucumbers growing in the garden that we will pickle. Not to mention, garden salsas and garlic powder now that we have a Bitcoin dehydrator.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #selfsovereignty #meshtadel #foodforest #gardening #garlic #garlicstr #subsistancecrop

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Garlic is done curing

After letting the garlic cure for a few weeks, I cut the stems off and trimmed the roots. Ended up with almost 7lbs. We will save 4lbs for eating and replant the rest. I tried planting a few different ways at few different times last season but the best seemed to be planting early September in sheep manure packed straw. This year I don't think I'll have time to experiment with the garlic so I'll just stick with what worked best last season.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #garlic #subsistancecrop

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Garlic is planted in the food forest

The garlic is planted and munched with straw donated to the homestead by a generous permie bitcoiner from the southwest Michigan meetup. The garlic is planted in the row which the potatoes were harvested from earlier in this summer. I didn't have time to add any additional compost so this planting will be a good indicator of the strength of the soil in the food forest with out any additional inputs. All I have to do now (besides weeding a couple times) is wait until harvest next July.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #meshtadel #selfsovereignty #grownostr #foodforest #forestgarden #garlic #garden #gardening #garlicstr #subsistancecrop

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Jac 2y ago

I like this food forest idea.