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How to Sustainably Use Fall Leaves in Your Garden

How to Sustainably Use Fall Leaves in Your Garden

It’s the sound of the season: the constant whir of the ubiquitous leaf blower. Homeowners everywhere are busy blowing heaps…
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Podcast #9: 8 Important Gardening Tips for Spring

Podcast #9: 8 Important Gardening Tips for Spring

Should you amend your soil in the spring? Yes! Should you use a rototiller to work it in? No! In…
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Compost in the Fall Garden: Why It’s Important

Compost in the Fall Garden: Why It’s Important

I find it really satisfying to put my garden to bed in the fall, in part, because I get great…
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Episode #3: Two Great Soil Amendments for the Fall Garden

Episode #3: Two Great Soil Amendments for the Fall Garden

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Cleaning garlic. 🧄 It's slow going, but a perfect way to spend a summer afternoon. Tops and roots are trimmed, and loose papers sluffed off. This garlic was harvested in early July and is curing nicely outside on racks in the shade, but it's not fully cured. It still needs a few more weeks to continue to dry, before the final stem trimming and bagging in mesh nets for storage.Of course, I'm also sorting out the biggest and best bulbs for replanting in October. 🧄#thecoeurdalenecoop#growinggarlic#organicgarlic#saynotostorebought#garliclover ... See MoreSee Less

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Cleaning garlic. 🧄 It's slow going, but a perfect Cleaning garlic. 🧄 It's slow going, but a perfect way to spend a summer afternoon. Tops and roots are trimmed, and loose papers sluffed off. 

This garlic was harvested in early July and is curing nicely outside on racks in the shade, but it's not fully cured. It still needs a few more weeks to continue to dry, before the final stem trimming and bagging in mesh nets for storage.

Of course, I'm also sorting out the biggest and best bulbs for replanting in October. 🧄

#thecoeurdalenecoop
#growinggarlic
#organicgarlic
#saynotostorebought
#garliclover
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