For all you North hemisphere folks looking into the bleakness of winter I present my garden. I'm not a photographer but I started with some pictures of my Dill and Cilantro because I've never had them go so well (they call it coriander down under even though the rest of the world understands that coriander is just the seed) And then I just kept snapping pictures.
First of the herb garden. Then the corn/beans/pumpkin patch. Then the carrots and parsnip (you aren't supposed to plant them together but whatever) The potatoes (they look way better in that picture than real life) My first Rose. A weird colored Nasturtium and the flower wall below our glass house. Another Nasturtium, some carnations, Calendula and clover, sages and salvias. (the purple sage smells like bubble hash and makes me want to get high) Some Cherries, strawberries and then the garlic that is almost done curing.
These are incredible. Congrats! How long have you been gardening for?
I've been at it 5 years. My lady has been doing it seriously for like 15+ years. I do the digging and she knows tricks. The sun and the seed do the amazing part.
That garlic looks great! What variety is it? I set up my first overwinter bed a couple months ago and I have to resist the urge to dig em up and see how big they've gotten so far
They are Tassie purple which is a hard neck. We did get some other varieties but because they haven't been acclimatized they did really poorly. Garlic only produces clones so it takes years to get it used to different conditions where sexual reproducing plants can adapt much faster.
What I learned this season is 1) the second you start seeing weeds in spring mulch them hard. A neighbour who we got our seed from didn't mulch this season, got tons of weeds, and their bulbs were half the size of ours on average. 2) If the leaves start yellowing before summer stars they need magnesium. Epsom salts work great. 3) Wait as long as you can before harvest. The bulbs grow at an exponential rate once the leaves start to yellow so every extra day makes a difference. If a few broomstick and cant be cured for storage you can just eat them first.
I think it’s only the US (and strangely Canada) that use Italian words in English for things like cilantro and zucchini. The rest of the English-speaking world uses the French, like coriander and courgette. But I think aubergine is only used in the UK & Ireland, while oz & nz call it eggplant like the yanks do.
