Archive for October, 2009

Finest Worksong

Posted on 21 October 2009 (0)

Update 12/2010: I sheepishly handed the garlic to Georgia of Yo La Tengo a year plus late at the end of the 5th night of  their Hanukkah shows!  I justify the late nature of this by stating that the garlic I gave them was from the crop I planted when I heard the above song.  When the [...]

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Garlic planted….

Posted on 21 October 2009 (0)

Tuesday was a very productive day.  I got up bright and early and started planting as soon as I could.  Basically, all that was left was a row of Spanish Roja and then 5+ rows of German White.  It took most of the day, but I got it all in. Towards the end of the [...]

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Garlic Planting part one.

Posted on 18 October 2009 (1)

Frost in the air can only mean one thing…it’s time to plant garlic again.  We always aim for Columbus day weekend and never quite hit the target.  That’s ok though because the broader target is the month of October. After wrestling with the Allis D17 and ultimately replacing a dead battery, the field finally was [...]

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