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Post by jerseycub on Apr 11, 2010 16:49:44 GMT -6
I took a few pictures of our garden so far and the new 5 Tier green house.  This is the Garlic we planted last fall there are about 1250 sets.  A better look at the Garlic they are planted three abreast spaced 6" apart. Each of the tags are a different verity. Oh the blue tarp is covering the compost.  This bed has leeks, red unions, and spanish unions. At the very end those faint lines are shell beans planted in two rows.  These two beds are prepared for tomatoes, and peppers. There is also another field next to this one that will have our potatoes, squash, and some sweet corn.  The new 5 tier green house. Just two flats of flowers are in there so far. |
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Post by jack on Apr 12, 2010 2:49:54 GMT -6
Gidday
Your garlic sure looks good.
How do you sell it. I ask cos I think you would be pretty smelly iffin you ate the lot yourself.
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Post by mogarden on Apr 12, 2010 4:57:44 GMT -6
Looking good! That's a lot of garlic.
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 12, 2010 5:27:07 GMT -6
Gidday Your garlic sure looks good. How do you sell it. I ask cos I think you would be pretty smelly iffin you ate the lot yourself.  Jack Ruth and I love garlic and we do eat quite a bit but not all that you see. I sell to local restaurants, and retail trade and local markets, if they are willing to pay the price. The rest we save for the next season planting. Most of this will be saved for next season as we are trying to build a substantial crop of about 5000 sets. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2010 17:26:53 GMT -6
Yer garden is lookin mitey fine JC  Hope it works out that way the whole year and i love that green house  it's just the right size for home gardeners. Keep up the good work Bro  |
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 12, 2010 17:51:53 GMT -6
Thank you caveman I hope so too, ya never know though with farming it's gods will and mother natures good graces that keeps us on our toes. Just pray that we have them in our favor.
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Post by jack on Apr 13, 2010 2:20:00 GMT -6
Gidday
Sorry to pester you mate but another couple of questions.
Do you mow that what looks like grass between the beds and how do you stop it encroaching on the beds?
And the rude question, how much do you sell the garlic for?
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Post by Penny on Apr 13, 2010 4:44:32 GMT -6
Looks great!
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Post by ghoststomper on Apr 13, 2010 5:01:02 GMT -6
Great job Jerseycub , awesome pics , that is great your able to grow enough for you and your family and also sell some too.
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Post by Penny on Apr 13, 2010 5:03:42 GMT -6
Thats one thing, i havent grown is garlic, may have to look into that one.
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 13, 2010 8:05:57 GMT -6
Gidday Sorry to pester you mate but another couple of questions. Do you mow that what looks like grass between the beds and how do you stop it encroaching on the beds? And the rude question, how much do you sell the garlic for? Yes Jack I do mow the winter Rye that you see, it really doesn't encroach on the beads so as to cause a problem...keep in mind the entire field is sown in rye and harry vetch I just till every other row so I can rotate the next season. OK the Garlic sells for $10.00 a pound here as gourmet garlic, we have many verities with different flavors. That may or may not sound expensive to you, however keep in mind as seed garlic it sells for much more. ($16.00 for four heads) All of the garlic we grow is now certified naturally grown...we are presently applying for Organic certification. Also some verities are more expensive to grow and therefore sell for more between $12.00 and $13.00 a pound. Ruth and I love garlic for many uses and that is why we got into growing our own for the different verities and flavors, realize that this is not supermarket garlic....that is one verity that used to be grown in California, and now comes from China. Penny: Garlic is not that hard to grow and if you like it and want to have selection I would recommend trying to grow your own. |
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Post by jack on Apr 14, 2010 5:36:54 GMT -6
Gidday
Thanks mate, very interesting. Sounds a reasonable price too.
Not sure about the rye though. We have a rye pasture grass and a rye corn that is a fodder crop that grows extremely fast to about 6 foot high.
And hey, I am starting to really like your system of growing and am wondering iffin I can find a suitable grass to grow inter row and get it set up by the time I need to plant mine.
Thanks a lot for all your info mate.
Cheers
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 14, 2010 6:39:10 GMT -6
Jack: The rye that I plant is called winter rye and I mix it with hairy vetch, both contribute to the soil as green manure. Keep in mind that the rye does not survive the warm weather and at the end of the season I till the entire field and replant rye and vetch. I till the new area for planting my garlic at that time in the rotation I mentioned. I will most likely plant in the upper part of the field between were I am planting tomatoes and peppers this season. That way I have moved completely to another side of the garden no were near the old planting area.
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Post by ChileFarmer on Apr 14, 2010 6:56:24 GMT -6
JC, you garden is really looking good. We to love and eat lots of garlic and onions. CF
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 14, 2010 7:26:06 GMT -6
JC, you garden is really looking good. We to love and eat lots of garlic and onions. CF You know the unions we planted came from your neck of the woods Dixondale Farms. I'm trying some of the Chipolini unions this season as well as others. |
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Post by Christy on Apr 14, 2010 7:26:22 GMT -6
 wow!! looks awesome JC!
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Post by brendajo on Apr 14, 2010 13:28:23 GMT -6
great garden. I really enjoy looking at everyone's gardens. I will post some of mine as soon as I can, I found my first tomato blossom yesterday.
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 14, 2010 13:49:38 GMT -6
Thanks maybe I ought to learn to spell onion instead of (union) I must be thinking about work  I don't know  64 years and still can't spell God help me  . brendajo: I would love to see some pictures of your garden, like you I love to look at others work.  |
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Post by Rita on Apr 15, 2010 7:09:32 GMT -6
NICE looks great !!! I wish I had part of an area like that ... would be Nice to have enough room to do proper rotation ...
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 15, 2010 9:34:36 GMT -6
NICE looks great !!! I wish I had part of an area like that ... would be Nice to have enough room to do proper rotation ... You want to buy it it's for sale   Nice location close to the shore lots of shitty neighbors with shitty attitudes.  |
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Post by Rita on Apr 15, 2010 11:17:39 GMT -6
NICE looks great !!! I wish I had part of an area like that ... would be Nice to have enough room to do proper rotation ... You want to buy it it's for sale Nice location close to the shore lots of shitty neighbors with shitty attitudes. NO for one I would never see my husband ever again as he would be   And if I ever move I will have a nice quiet country place with NO Neighbors at all ((( Did I ever say I really don't like people ( I like to talk to them but not when they just rudely stroll around bugging me while I am trying to work ) ))) |
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 15, 2010 12:59:08 GMT -6
NO for one I would never see my husband ever again as he would be And if I ever move I will have a nice quiet country place with NO Neighbors at all ((( Did I ever say I really don't like people ( I like to talk to them but not when they just rudely stroll around bugging me while I am trying to work ) ))) You know what the NJ sign is rite? ( THE BIRD ) and I don't mean the one that fly's |
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Post by Rita on Apr 16, 2010 4:24:40 GMT -6
NO for one I would never see my husband ever again as he would be And if I ever move I will have a nice quiet country place with NO Neighbors at all ((( Did I ever say I really don't like people ( I like to talk to them but not when they just rudely stroll around bugging me while I am trying to work ) ))) You know what the NJ sign is rite? ( THE BIRD ) and I don't mean the one that fly's I would never have enough hands what I DO need is an electric fence to keep the little punk kids from walking through my garden ...  Soooo Makes me mad ... I yell at them all the time .. they have squished my onions I am Sooo needing something to keep them out ... a sensor would be cool .. go past a line and get sprayed with Something smelly like Bear pee  |
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 16, 2010 6:49:59 GMT -6
I understand how you feel Rita and the best thing is a 2X4 wire fence about 5' high. We have very few young children around here and our entire yard is fenced in by 5' post and board....keeps the riff-raft out. The other thing that works well is most everyone knows Ruth and I are gun nuts....  so we get a wide berth I certainly haven't shot anyone yet, but they better keep there  off my fields. |
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Post by elkwc36 on Apr 18, 2010 7:38:28 GMT -6
Jersey,
I'm late to the party. Very good pictures. Your garlic looks to be about the stage of my first planted. How many varieties do you grow and what are your favorites? Estonian Red is one of my favorites. I have 24 varieties and around 200 plants this year. I don't grow on near the scale you do. For anyone wanting to try a some garlic later in the season send me a pm. I can send a bulb of a few varieties for you to try if mother nature doesn't intervene. Except for what I use I sent my whole crop last year out to internet gardeners to try. But this year have already had a few locals speak for some. Mainly to eat. Like Jersey said they really like the different flavors ect. Here around 5 dollars a pound is all I can get.
I ordered my onions, leeks and cippolini's from Dixondale also. They are looking good also. I also bought one real small bunch of California Reds that are from Bonnie's to try. They will be a little late so expect the bulbs to be a little smaller. I'm fortunate in where I'm located I can grow some long and short day varieties along with the intermediates. I will try to get some pictures soon to share with everyone. I have radishes up. And waiting on sugar snap peas. Hopefully will get a lot more in this week. Jay
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 19, 2010 7:04:23 GMT -6
Jay: We have Purple Italian, Purple Glazer, Amish, Mother of Pearl, Chesnok Red, Georgia Fire, German extra Hardy, Broad leaf Check. And one verity I'm not sure of the name. Total count is 1,298 sets. So far my favorite is Georgia fire. It's not to pungent and stores very well. I haven't tried the other verities yet so for me to make a comment would not be fare. We started our planting on October 12 threw to the 22nd. We also planted our Shallots at that time. Most of our garlic is sold, the rest I will be saving to build a much larger crop for the next season. The plan is to have a steady crop of 5,000...baring any unfortunate problems.
There are few Garlic growers in our area, and none that I know of that grow as many verities as we do so the the price of $10.00 to $15.00 a pound depending on the verity is not out of the question here. Again this is not supermarket garlic.
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Post by elkwc36 on Apr 19, 2010 18:58:01 GMT -6
JerseyCub,
Thanks for the list of what you are growing. I always find it interesting to see what others grow and their favorites. I'm still trying several new ones. Sure I will again next year also. As several I wanted to try were sold out. Glad your market is strong. In this area even a grower around Pueblo, CO (220 miles NW) sells his for $7.50. And he sells some online. I feel at the farmer's market here I will price it 5-7.50 depending on variety. And if it don't sell will replant about half and offer the other half online. Yes there is a big difference between it an super market garlic. I did plant a few cloves I had saved from some original super market garlic before. And then also have some huge Elephant that a grower sent me. Bigger than any Elephant type I had grown before. The rest of mine are Russian Red, Martin's, Red Toch, Italian Late, Chesnok Red, Romanian Red, Super White, German Porcelain, Rosewood, Simonetti, Kettle River Giant, Inchellium, Asian Tempest, Musik, Burgandy, Metechi, Pennsylvania Dutch, Susanville and Sonora. My plan is to expand to around 500 per year. And to cut back to the best 10-12 varieties after a few years. I culled a couple this year and have a few that are getting one last chance. Jay
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Post by Rita on Apr 19, 2010 19:03:01 GMT -6
WOW Jay that is quite a variety .. I hope they all do well for ya and that you can make a bit at the market!! different areas are differently priced tho .. I can spend 10 bucks here in Massachusetts and then go to New Hampshire and get the same for 5 |
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Post by jerseycub on Apr 20, 2010 6:42:08 GMT -6
Jay: I culled out a few verities from last season myself, for me if they don't do well this season Ill just try another verity, For the most part though the hard necks do best in this area. It helps to read as much as possible about growing garlic, there are lots of subtle things you can do to improve your crop. Ron L. Engeland has a book out called Growing Great Garlic. There is lots of good information in it, also try this site www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com/index.htm you will learn a lot from Bob and he has excellent seed garlic. |
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Post by elkwc36 on Apr 20, 2010 22:12:11 GMT -6
JerseyCub,
Thanks for the information. Although I'd grown a little garlic in the past. I never grew any real numbers or anything other than elephant and grocery store till the last two years. There is a member on other forums who goes by Paquebot that has really been my source of information on how to and what to do with my garlic. I bought my first gourmet garlic from his friends Karen and Mike at We Grow Great Garlic in WI. Martin is one of the most knowledgeable gardeners I've met in all my years or gardening. As I'm leaning more toward farm market growing and adding a few crops I haven't grown before his advice has been priceless. Also the Martin's variety I grow is his. So far I've bought all of my garlic from 3 sources. Two in CO close to me. If it grows for them then a good chance it will for me. I've looked at the gourmetgarlicgardens site. Some good info there especially if someone is a newbie. There are many great garlic sites. I have visited and read many of them. You learn something from each of them. I have great sandy loam to grow mine in. I had several 3 to 4 inch bulbs last year. I tweak my growing methods a little every year. But when you are having great results you don't want to mess with it too much. Jay
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wow!! looks awesome JC! 
off my fields.