It has been a mix of rain and sunshine this past weekend, unseasonably warm which found me out in the garden planting next summers garlic crop. I put in three rows of Hood River garlic and four cloves of Elephant Garlic for roasting.
MeMa's Ladies all stood at the chicken yard fence watching me plant each and every clove, probably thinking that they would go back and dig out all of them as soon as I let them out to free range. I did a major water change on the pond and then dumped a twenty pound bag of salt into the mix. After losing one of our favorite and oldest Koi last winter I am not going to take any more chances. I cleaned all the rain gutters and cut the grass down low as with this warm start to winter it was starting to look like elephant grass. The orchid house is bursting at the seams with winter storage plants and I have started all of my grandfathers geranium cuttings setting two flats on the potting bench for next summer. Orchid number 21 Cattaleya "Tangerine Imp" has bloomed for the second time this year.
And blooming for about the fourth time this year is Orchid number 44, Vanda "Murphy's Gold"
MeMa's Ladies all stood at the chicken yard fence watching me plant each and every clove, probably thinking that they would go back and dig out all of them as soon as I let them out to free range. I did a major water change on the pond and then dumped a twenty pound bag of salt into the mix. After losing one of our favorite and oldest Koi last winter I am not going to take any more chances. I cleaned all the rain gutters and cut the grass down low as with this warm start to winter it was starting to look like elephant grass. The orchid house is bursting at the seams with winter storage plants and I have started all of my grandfathers geranium cuttings setting two flats on the potting bench for next summer. Orchid number 21 Cattaleya "Tangerine Imp" has bloomed for the second time this year.
And blooming for about the fourth time this year is Orchid number 44, Vanda "Murphy's Gold"
What beautiful orchids. Seems early for planting garlic - we plant ours on the shortest day. to harvest on the longest.
ReplyDeleteThanks, the Cattalea orchid was brought back from Maui and has a wonderful fragrance. Here in Oregon we plant garlic the first week of November and it usually harvests in the second week of July.
DeleteLovely flowers and lovely chickens, too.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and good luck with the koi pond this winter. ♥
Thanks Linda,
DeleteHope everything is good on your end of the country
they miss nothing do they?
Deleteif you farted a mile away, my hens would know it
Sadly I know longer have fish in our pond, too many losses each winter,and not enough help to winterize.
ReplyDeleteLove the Orchid, such a pretty color.
Yes, those girls just itching to get at your garlic, I'd say they have built-in GPS :)
~Jo
Our weather has been a little strange too. A couple weeks ago we had temperatures in the high 80't then last week a cool rain (which was needed) and now we are having cold night around the mid 40's.
ReplyDeleteI am still painting inside so outside will have to wait. Thanks for stopping by my blog the other day Doc. Your orchids are beautiful and I know the garlic will be so good next year. I need to get some planted too.