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Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee)
Now, on to another garlic Photo by Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee)
tale for all of you to chew on,
lessons to be learned from
On The Wild Side an older and hopefully wiser
woman...
One year, I was truly late
in planting all the garlic cloves
I had intended to. By mid-
Garlic: The Queen of My Garden October, I had only a fraction
of the bed planted. However,
stubborn as I am, I became
“ Go out the door to your garden, grab your trusty hoe and trowel, shake “ resolved to get the rest in Christine’s own braided garlic.
before cold weather. Following
off any gloomy thoughts, and start making rows to plant your garlic !
the weather patterns, as every
several days of rain were coming.
Have you planted your garlic the small cottage next to the field, gardener does, I knew that the rain started. Dinner never tasted
cloves yet? It’s not too late, but the and an elderly gentleman appeared. Since the weather was still mild, so satisfying that evening, with garlic
sooner the better. I must still clean Conversation came easily as he gladly I became determined to plant the in the stew, of course.
out a tomato bed in order to make shared some tips about growing rest of the bed before the rain. So, For me, garlic is the queen of my
room for mine, so don’t feel bad if garlic. Garlic! I never would have in the dim remnants of daylight garden, a prima donna of sorts. She
you haven’t started yet. I do my best guessed, as I was a novice gardener that evening, I turned the soil and demands to be planted, even if the
to get about fifty of the biggest cloves at the time, and so I stood there both planted a few dozen cloves, finishing planting is after dark and with a
from this past June’s harvest planted amazed and eager to learn. up another dozen with the help of failing flashlight! Yes, she rules my
by early October, so they can get He told me that the secret to a failing flashlight. Throwing some fall gardening with firm but kind
roots started before the frost. The growing garlic successfully is to goat manure and straw between the authority. She is a must for all serious
roots are essential so the cloves do plant it in early autumn. I cannot rows, I hurried inside to cook a late gardeners, and the results of your
not rot over winter, at least that is my remember all he told me, but dinner, satisfied that I had done a effort and patience will be a jewel in
theory. By the time the snow falls, I whatever he said inspired me to try very good thing. Shortly thereafter, your crown.
usually have at least an inch of lovely it myself. Over the years, learning
green tops sticking up through the through books and my own intuition, Christine is a Master Naturalist in the State of Maryland and welcomes any
mulch. I have developed a simple method of questions or stories of your own about gardening for food or for wildlife. She
Don’t worry, garlic cloves can planting that I will share with you. can be reached at [email protected]
endure the cold winter since they are I simply loosen the rows with a hoe
hardy bulbs, much like our lovely and then push each clove down into Patronize the Advertisers in The Catoctin Banner!
daffodils, jonquils, and crocuses. the soil, about one inch, with the The Catoctin Banner exists due to the advertising support of those featured in each issue.
Indeed, garlic is the queen of my tops barely showing, or not at all.
garden as it demands to be planted I mark the rows so I can then put
every autumn no matter how busy I straw or grass clippings in between
am. Not every gardener likes to grow the rows, adding a little chicken
garlic, but I have spoken to a good manure if I have it. Simple.
many folks who would like to but are Garlic is a well-known healing
not sure how to go about it. Perhaps agent, with anti-bacterial and even
the following garlic tale will inspire anti-fungal properties; it may even
you to try. lower cholesterol levels. If you have
Years ago, I lived in the outskirts goats, add it to their feed if they
of Morgantown, West Virginia, have worms, and the worms will
where many people had large disappear. I tried that with my goats
gardens. On one of my daily hikes years ago and it worked! I wonder
from town to home (I did not own if it would help cats and dogs?
a car back then), I took a different Personally, I love it in just about
route and came upon a sizable field everything I cook; I sometimes just
of something wonderfully green. chew on it raw, and am certain I am
Curious, I knocked on the door of healthier for it.
Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee)
Now, on to another garlic Photo by Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee)
tale for all of you to chew on,
lessons to be learned from
On The Wild Side an older and hopefully wiser
woman...
One year, I was truly late
in planting all the garlic cloves
I had intended to. By mid-
Garlic: The Queen of My Garden October, I had only a fraction
of the bed planted. However,
stubborn as I am, I became
“ Go out the door to your garden, grab your trusty hoe and trowel, shake “ resolved to get the rest in Christine’s own braided garlic.
before cold weather. Following
off any gloomy thoughts, and start making rows to plant your garlic !
the weather patterns, as every
several days of rain were coming.
Have you planted your garlic the small cottage next to the field, gardener does, I knew that the rain started. Dinner never tasted
cloves yet? It’s not too late, but the and an elderly gentleman appeared. Since the weather was still mild, so satisfying that evening, with garlic
sooner the better. I must still clean Conversation came easily as he gladly I became determined to plant the in the stew, of course.
out a tomato bed in order to make shared some tips about growing rest of the bed before the rain. So, For me, garlic is the queen of my
room for mine, so don’t feel bad if garlic. Garlic! I never would have in the dim remnants of daylight garden, a prima donna of sorts. She
you haven’t started yet. I do my best guessed, as I was a novice gardener that evening, I turned the soil and demands to be planted, even if the
to get about fifty of the biggest cloves at the time, and so I stood there both planted a few dozen cloves, finishing planting is after dark and with a
from this past June’s harvest planted amazed and eager to learn. up another dozen with the help of failing flashlight! Yes, she rules my
by early October, so they can get He told me that the secret to a failing flashlight. Throwing some fall gardening with firm but kind
roots started before the frost. The growing garlic successfully is to goat manure and straw between the authority. She is a must for all serious
roots are essential so the cloves do plant it in early autumn. I cannot rows, I hurried inside to cook a late gardeners, and the results of your
not rot over winter, at least that is my remember all he told me, but dinner, satisfied that I had done a effort and patience will be a jewel in
theory. By the time the snow falls, I whatever he said inspired me to try very good thing. Shortly thereafter, your crown.
usually have at least an inch of lovely it myself. Over the years, learning
green tops sticking up through the through books and my own intuition, Christine is a Master Naturalist in the State of Maryland and welcomes any
mulch. I have developed a simple method of questions or stories of your own about gardening for food or for wildlife. She
Don’t worry, garlic cloves can planting that I will share with you. can be reached at [email protected]
endure the cold winter since they are I simply loosen the rows with a hoe
hardy bulbs, much like our lovely and then push each clove down into Patronize the Advertisers in The Catoctin Banner!
daffodils, jonquils, and crocuses. the soil, about one inch, with the The Catoctin Banner exists due to the advertising support of those featured in each issue.
Indeed, garlic is the queen of my tops barely showing, or not at all.
garden as it demands to be planted I mark the rows so I can then put
every autumn no matter how busy I straw or grass clippings in between
am. Not every gardener likes to grow the rows, adding a little chicken
garlic, but I have spoken to a good manure if I have it. Simple.
many folks who would like to but are Garlic is a well-known healing
not sure how to go about it. Perhaps agent, with anti-bacterial and even
the following garlic tale will inspire anti-fungal properties; it may even
you to try. lower cholesterol levels. If you have
Years ago, I lived in the outskirts goats, add it to their feed if they
of Morgantown, West Virginia, have worms, and the worms will
where many people had large disappear. I tried that with my goats
gardens. On one of my daily hikes years ago and it worked! I wonder
from town to home (I did not own if it would help cats and dogs?
a car back then), I took a different Personally, I love it in just about
route and came upon a sizable field everything I cook; I sometimes just
of something wonderfully green. chew on it raw, and am certain I am
Curious, I knocked on the door of healthier for it.
