Greetings fellow gardeners! So I figured what better way to start the 2023 garden season, by ending the one from 2022. Even though it was basically over once the Yellow Watermelons fell through 2 months ago, it was fun holding on to hope the others plants would push on through as well. Even though I still have 1 of the Pumpkins in the ground, I am now looking to the future, and getting really excited for another year of growing!
I am back! Well at least somewhat in regards to the content dept. Not a whole lot has been going on the past month, except for a lot of rain. California got hit with an Atmospheric River, and it dumped the most rain we have seen since 1995. Once the storm passed I was left with a lot of weeds to clean up around the property. Just the past week was I able to finally start on the garden area.
Since I still have some time to get the garden prepped, I figured I would lay down some plywood, and see if this helps with the weeds. If not, I will just bust out the shovel, and shape the area that I plan to use.
Before I go on, I first want to pay my respect to this Chilacayote Squash. If it weren't for the seeds that grew in the compost, I do not think I would of started the garden at all last year. For that I will forever be grateful.
Here is the last remaining Pumpkin. I think it will be cool if it holds up through Spring, and starts to grow again. It has produced fruit for the second time, but I am not going to keep my hopes up for them. One has already fell off.
Ok, here it is. The start of my 2023 garden! This is garlic that was sent to me from fellow Hiver, @anewyorkminute79 all the way from New York. I have been meaning to plant it in January, but with the rains I did not get around to it. So I bust open a bulb, and pulled apart the cloves.
I am going to plant the bigger ones for now. Being my first time, I do not want to mess this up, and have no more bulbs left.
Before I bury these cloves, I picked a spot of the garden, and cleaned up any weeds still in the ground.
I googled how to plant Garlic, and it says to plant 2 inches deep, and 4 inches apart. To make things precise I used an Yardstick to aid in planting.
That's basically it, just bury the clove, and make sure ground stays moist. In total I planted 7 cloves.
I marked where I planted with some stakes. This will allow me to keep the required area moist until I see some spears. I have read that Garlic are heavy feeders as well. By the time they need some nutrients, my compost in the bins should be ready. Until then I wait.
