Garden Clean Up and Final Garlic Planting

Today has been the first nice sunny day in 2 weeks.  I took full advantage and continued on with the garden clean up.  I pulled out all of the tomatoes and the beans. The pole beans were fully intertwined in the trellising mesh I used and I was unable to separate the vines from it.  I have decided to throw the entire thing out unfortunately.  It is possible to separate them but it would take a few hours for a 10”x10” piece.

The remaining carrots from the bottom bed were dug up as well as one parsnip.  The carrots had some animal damage but there weren’t very many left.  The parsnip I dug was approximately 2lbs and huge.  This was my first time growing them and I would say even though I have only dug up one, success.

I also managed to finish planting my garlic!  I planted 2 rows of music and one row of McEwen's red.  The music I bought from the Hewitt’s maple syrup at the market and also used the 3 heads of music I grew myself this year.  The McEwen's red are from the bulbils I planted in the spring.  Some manage to form head with 6 cloves others just ended up forming one big clove.  The polish white was thinned out today to rows 4’ apart and plants 6’ apart.

Using some of the leaves I brought home yesterday I mulched the rhubarb and the polish white.  I used the full leaves for this and am saving the mulched leaves to mulch the newly planted garlic.  I am going to wait a bit before I mulch the rest of the garlic at least until the ground starts to freeze up a bit.  Just In case some mice or other creatures decide they want to make a home in it.