We've planted most of the garlic for next season in the past few days; we currently have about 1,500 cloves planted, and each clove should make a head by next June. This year we are also partnering with a couple of other farmers, who are going to grow more garlic for our CSA, to help lighten the load and reduce the risk of a crop failure like this year. Finishing the garlic planting is a load off our plate; it's one of the last timely tasks of the season. Most remaining tasks are weather determined, like harvesting early in a week that is calling for snow or ice, or looking for the warmest days of the week to get the outside crops harvested. Others are just done as time and conditions allow, like shaping beds for next spring; this can be done anytime between now and February, as long as the soil is reasonably dry, and not frozen... Anyway, it's a relief to be getting close to the end of garlic planting, and to start looking forward to the slower days of fall and winter. One more step to finishing the season strong.
I hope you're enjoying the sunny warm days as much as we are; we're busy getting our Vitamin D while it's still abundant.
Thanks for choosing us to be your farmers.
Farmer Curtis
