A Winter Garden

The garlic planted in the fall is starting to grow. Red Russian has grown the fastest. We also have music, legacy, leningrad, hungarian hot, portuguese, pitirelli, and our unknown surprise garlic. In total we planted about 300 cloves [from approximately 50-60 bulbs]. We figure we need about 150 bulbs just to eat for the two of us through the year... the more the better...ever tried throwing a garlic bulb on the barbeque? Mmmmmmmmm.

The weather has been so beautiful and warm - we figured its a good time to start planting. A couple weeks ago, we planted two types of potatoes, leeks, lettuce, onions, kohlrabi, peas, and spinach. We also tried planting some garlic late, as we came across some new varieties from a winter farmer's market in Mission: Northern Quebec and German Hot. Not sure how they will grow in comparison to the bulbs planted properly in the fall.

We planted leeks in the spring and only got three decent size ones to eat in the late summer. Then they started to grow as soon as the weather got cooler. This large leek is one that started growing in the fall. Then in January, I found three more leeks starting to grow.