Comments on: Getting ready for garlic http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: WiIling Hands Organic Farm http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3420 WiIling Hands Organic Farm Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:31:56 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/10/17/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3420 Your blog is one of the best! I love the pics, so much detail. Oats and field peas are a wonderful cover crop. You can use a scythe to cut them down, did that my first year. Year two I used a flail mower attached to a BCS walking tractor. The flail mower chops the cover crop as opposed to leaving it in whole stalks. The flail mower will handle 6 foot rye too! Then I till it in with the tiller attachment. An option for those without a tractor. Your blog is one of the best! I love the pics, so much detail. Oats and field peas are a wonderful cover crop. You can use a scythe to cut them down, did that my first year. Year two I used a flail mower attached to a BCS walking tractor. The flail mower chops the cover crop as opposed to leaving it in whole stalks. The flail mower will handle 6 foot rye too! Then I till it in with the tiller attachment. An option for those without a tractor.

]]> By: Kelly http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3256 Kelly Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:42:56 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/10/17/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3256 Thanks for the info Mike. We picked up some clover last week and will hopefully have it in by Wednesday. Take care. Thanks for the info Mike. We picked up some clover last week and will hopefully have it in by Wednesday. Take care.

]]> By: Mike (tfb) http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3244 Mike (tfb) Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:03:42 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/10/17/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3244 Hey Kelly: Yeah, the oats looks mighty lush, which it is! But you don't have to let it get that high and dense, you can always cut it back or turn it under whenever you like, so no need to worry about it getting out of control. I wasn't expecting that much growth, figured frost would've killed it by now...but there's this crazy weather (it was around 25°C/80°F today...), heat plus lots of rain. I'm using oats because it's fast-growing (and the seed's really inexpensive), so I can put it in newly opened sections well into the summer and still get some bulk and also smother any weeds that might show up before frost (whenever that is these days). It depends on how long your season is and when you want to put it in. There are also all the varieties of clover to look at, and for late stuff, I've still got my <a href="http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/09/23/rye-arrives/" rel="nofollow">fall rye experiment</a> going... Hope that's of some help! Hey Kelly: Yeah, the oats looks mighty lush, which it is! But you don’t have to let it get that high and dense, you can always cut it back or turn it under whenever you like, so no need to worry about it getting out of control. I wasn’t expecting that much growth, figured frost would’ve killed it by now…but there’s this crazy weather (it was around 25°C/80°F today…), heat plus lots of rain. I’m using oats because it’s fast-growing (and the seed’s really inexpensive), so I can put it in newly opened sections well into the summer and still get some bulk and also smother any weeds that might show up before frost (whenever that is these days). It depends on how long your season is and when you want to put it in. There are also all the varieties of clover to look at, and for late stuff, I’ve still got my fall rye experiment going… Hope that’s of some help!

]]> By: Travis http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3234 Travis Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:22:46 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/10/17/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3234 Took some time today to read over your recent posts. I've bookmarked your blog and find it inspiring and appreciate your work to share your progress and experience. My wife and I have four children and are working a vegetable garden. We home school and make it a family affair and the garden is a hands on education for all of us. I enjoy your blog! -Travis Nashville, TN Took some time today to read over your recent posts.
I’ve bookmarked your blog and find it inspiring and
appreciate your work to share your progress and experience.

My wife and I have four children and are working a
vegetable garden. We home school and make it a family affair
and the garden is a hands on education for all of us.

I enjoy your blog!

-Travis
Nashville, TN

]]> By: Kelly http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3201 Kelly Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:07:31 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/10/17/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3201 Your use of cover crops looks fantastic. My wife and I are thinking of using oats as a cover crop/green manure in our garden. However, from the looks of your photo we are wondering if it may be a bit too much for our 4x8 raised beds. Is there another way to utilize oats without having to use a tiller to turn them in? We were hoping to simply cut them down and turn them in with a garden fork, but it looks like they might be too dense. If we didn't sow them as thick would they be as effective? Thanks for your help. Your use of cover crops looks fantastic. My wife and I are thinking of using oats as a cover crop/green manure in our garden. However, from the looks of your photo we are wondering if it may be a bit too much for our 4×8 raised beds. Is there another way to utilize oats without having to use a tiller to turn them in? We were hoping to simply cut them down and turn them in with a garden fork, but it looks like they might be too dense. If we didn’t sow them as thick would they be as effective? Thanks for your help.

]]> By: Simon Huntley http://tinyfarmblog.com/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3096 Simon Huntley Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:21:43 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/10/17/getting-ready-for-garlic/#comment-3096 Beautiful -- love seeing that cover crop growing against the freshly turned under the soil. It looks so fertile ... Beautiful — love seeing that cover crop growing against the freshly turned under the soil. It looks so fertile …

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