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Saturday, February 23, 2013

watch that garden grow.

has this ever happened to you?

you go for a head of garlic and realize that it's taken on a whole new personality.

usually i try to salvage what i can and compost the rest, but this time i decided to plant it!


i didn't get too fussy- just separated the cloves and kind of threw them in a pot and 
covered them up with dirt.
i figured they'd already started growing, so they probably didn't need much help.


 and, happily...they're growing like crazy!  i'm starting them inside because it's still a little too 
cold out on the porch...so they've set up camp in our guest room, next to our 
avocado tree...i cannot wait for some home-grown guacamole in a few years.


check out the progress!
this is about 3 weeks after planting... they grow so quickly!


so, adventures in container gardening...sort of.
stay tuned...hopefully we'll have some garlic recipes coming up soon!

5 comments:

  1. Do they make your house smell like garlic? :)

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  2. Haha. I was just going to ask what Emily did. :) Well done!

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    1. Em & Laura: so far, thankfully no smell (:

      ...if/ when it does though, you can bet it will find a new home outside pretty quickly (:

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  3. hahaha, I always thought they went bad when that happened. oops!

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  4. that's so cool! your gardening skills are quite impressive, my friend!

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