tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post3614567632278030561..comments2024-03-01T23:24:20.079-06:00Comments on It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: Yeah it's late, but I don't careAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-87809656254455238802011-05-05T15:58:48.572-05:002011-05-05T15:58:48.572-05:00I really enjoyed this post, it's great to see ...I really enjoyed this post, it's great to see what other people are doing in their gardens!I have chives coming out of my ears and actually just did a post on them too!Desperate Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192447508629755759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-6161980141416861872011-05-04T21:07:12.172-05:002011-05-04T21:07:12.172-05:00I only removed it on some last year because I didn...I only removed it on some last year because I didn't have a very big crop yet, and you do get noticeably bigger bulbs by taking off the flowers. I did get around 1000 bulbils, and re-planted a lot of the cloves. <br /><br />I'm probably going to remove around 80-90% of them this year because it doesn't take that many flower stalks to create a huge crop of miniature plants.Steve Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398643598426170132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-61623720683079868682011-05-04T19:27:19.609-05:002011-05-04T19:27:19.609-05:00I had 12 clumps of chives decorating the pathways ...I had 12 clumps of chives decorating the pathways through my circle garden at the back of our property. They looked terrific in bloom, but then they got messy looking and seeded little baby chives everywhere. So I ripped all of them out but 4! I hope 4 is more manageable.<br />As for garlic, I have no experience and look forward to seeing how your early planting works out.Jennifer@threedogsinagardenhttp://threedogsinagarden.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-66949870258894226752011-05-04T16:15:09.226-05:002011-05-04T16:15:09.226-05:00I used to be terrible at remembering to purchase g...I used to be terrible at remembering to purchase garlic in time for fall planting. Now I just remember that when the vampires are out and about around Halloween, that's the time to stock up on garlic ;) I actually remembered last fall, and have 2ft high garlic foliage in the garden. Good luck with your spring planting, some varieties are better suited to spring planting so it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-23269542750880803052011-05-04T14:34:20.867-05:002011-05-04T14:34:20.867-05:00Steve: I'll be removing the flowers, as I want...Steve: I'll be removing the flowers, as I want the plant to focus its energy on the bulbs.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-36719140556188563642011-05-04T11:11:48.054-05:002011-05-04T11:11:48.054-05:00In warm weather, they grow pretty fast so your gar...In warm weather, they grow pretty fast so your garlic should be able to flower this year, and the seeds on top are an easy way to propagate them and grow more. <br /><br />I grow both cloves and bulblets just because cloves give an earlier harvest, but bulblets will eventually make it to mature size too.Steve Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398643598426170132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-59888308067765588022011-05-04T09:29:18.605-05:002011-05-04T09:29:18.605-05:00I don't know if they'll form heads for you...I don't know if they'll form heads for you this year but they should have no problem sending up foliage. And if there's no head on them when you pull one up, just leave the rest in the ground another year!Mudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16678314234179160996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-80035850894853649132011-05-04T06:46:41.474-05:002011-05-04T06:46:41.474-05:00Although I haven't posted in a while (but mean...Although I haven't posted in a while (but mean to!) check out an old post on growing garlic that I wrote last year. The other nice perk about garlic is that it keeps animals away! <br /><br />http://lilafee.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/a-garden-of-garlic/annehttp://lilafee.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com