Small town family, Mollie, Will, Abigail, and Owen Smiley and Briar

Urbanna is an old historic town on the Rappahannock River. Its a small town with a big heart. As a family we try to eat local, grow as much food as we can in our own yard, try to raise children with an ecological identity, play hard, exercise, explore our area, fish, ride bikes, swim, and snuggle

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Garlic is Ready!!!!

Each year we plant garlic in our garden before Oyster Fest in Nov. This is one of my favorite items that we grow in our garden. It doesn't take a lot of space and rewards us with garlic scapes in the spring to use in our cooking. Then, after the garlic is here it makes a great gift to other people's kitchen's and is fantastic in all our recipe's.

After you get started, save several bulbs to divide in the fall and stick in the ground root side down. If you don't have a garden try to find a space in your yard that receives full sun that you can devote to your garlic. Today, while GeeZee and Coolpop visited on their way to the fantasy land of northern Michigan. We pulled our garlic with Abigail and Owen.

When you pull your garlic, don't wash it!!! Hang it in a space to dry and the dirt will bang off of it eventually. Once weather cools, cut the tops off and store inside so the bulbs do not get mushy.
LOVE the Garlic!!



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