Green (Spring) Garlic
Do you have a few cloves of sprouting garlic lying around your kitchen? Plant it! It may be too late to plant garlic that will produce fully developed heads, but planting garlic cloves (already sprouting or not) in the spring will produce tender and mild green garlic. This type of garlic is somewhat of a delicacy and is usually only found at farmers markets, but is also very easy to grow! Garlic planted in the spring does not go through the process of vernalization, or 40 days at or below 40°F, and so the bulbs will not separate into cloves. The resulting green garlic looks more like...
Read MoreAnti-Fungal Baking Soda Spray
Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda, has been found to posses fungicidal properties. Anti-Fungal Baking Soda Spray can be used as both a preventative and as a treatment spray for common diseases such as powdery and downy mildew. Prevention: If you know plants in your garden are susceptible to powdery mildew and downy mildew, spray plants weekly as a preventative measure. Treatment: If your plant already has downy mildew, remove infected leaves and spray plant regularly to help keep it from spreading to the rest of the plant. If your plant already has...
Read MoreGarlic Pepper Pest Control Spray Recipe
Garlic Pepper Spray is an effective organic method for repelling potato bugs, ants, grubs and other harmful small critters and pests. You will also want to spray this mixture around your garden perimeter to keep groundhogs, rabbits, deer and other animals. Garlic Pepper Pest Control Spray Recipe 2 garlic bulbs, chopped 6 hot red chili peppers, finely chopped 1 onion 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or mineral oil (not olive oil) 2 tablespoons liquid dishwashing soap 2 cups of hot water Place the chopped garlic bulbs, chopped chili peppers and 2 cups of water into a large blending container and...
Read MorePlanning for Spring: Beneficial Flowers
Flowers add to any garden by providing beautiful color, shapes, textures, and scents. Besides aesthetic value, flowers can be also be edible, medicinal, and perhaps most importantly, they can be beneficial for the rest of the plants in your garden. Flowers are particularly beneficial in an edible garden because they attract pollinators, increase biodiversity, and encourage populations of beneficial insects. Insect pollination is essential for many plants to produce healthy fruits and seeds. Without pollination most fruits and vegetables will not set fruit or the fruit will be incomplete....
Read MoreEarly Season Garden Consultation Special
It’s never too early to start thinking about the gardening season! Getting started early can save a lot of hassle, rushing to get things ready in time for spring planting. Contact us to schedule an Edible Garden Consultation before Feb. 20 (the day the NW Flower and Garden Show starts) and receive 20% off the cost of your consultation! Contact Us today and tell us that you saw this post!!! Share on...
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