Motivation!

SueCT · December 17, 2019

I was feeling a bit better and getting stir crazy so I wen out an put a new netting over the pond, and managed to get 8 cloves of garlic planted with a stick, lol. Its so late I don't know if it will even grow, but if I manage to get just 6 or 8 bulbs of decent size next year at least I won't need to buy more seed garlic. The ground was cold but not frozen and very moist so I didn't have worry about watering. Snow/sleet/freezing rain predicited overnight and tomorrow. At least the pond is safer for the remaining fish and all those water hyacinths I pulled out will need to cleaned up in spring. I can deal with spring clean up usually, it is the kind of thing I might get done on a random nice day when it is still too early do much of anything. Too much and I start getting tired and coughing, so back in to use my inhalers and relax. Bronchitis can take weeks to fully get over and I have asthma so it can take a bit longer. But I will be back to work on Weds. and if I need a nap when I get home, that is what I will do.

Anyone know if garlic can be grown in pots in the north? I am in zone 6a. I know the hard neck I have needs cold over winter, but not sure it needs that much, lol. I have some large pots that had tomatoes in them and I could plant a few more cloves when the weather clears if the soil isn't frozen, and maybe transplant it in the spring or just grown one less potted tomato next year if it looks like the garlic is doing well.

December 17, 2019	#16
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	I was feeling a bit better and getting stir crazy so I wen out an put a new netting over the pond, and managed to get 8 cloves of garlic planted with a stick, lol. Its so late I don't know if it will even grow, but if I manage to get just 6 or 8 bulbs of decent size next year at least I won't need to buy more seed garlic. The ground was cold but not frozen and very moist so I didn't have worry about watering. Snow/sleet/freezing rain predicited overnight and tomorrow. At least the pond is safer for the remaining fish and all those water hyacinths I pulled out will need to cleaned up in spring. I can deal with spring clean up usually, it is the kind of thing I might get done on a random nice day when it is still too early do much of anything. Too much and I start getting tired and coughing, so back in to use my inhalers and relax. Bronchitis can take weeks to fully get over and I have asthma so it can take a bit longer. But I will be back to work on Weds. and if I need a nap when I get home, that is what I will do. Anyone know if garlic can be grown in pots in the north? I am in zone 6a. I know the hard neck I have needs cold over winter, but not sure it needs that much, lol. I have some large pots that had tomatoes in them and I could plant a few more cloves when the weather clears if the soil isn't frozen, and maybe transplant it in the spring or just grown one less potted tomato next year if it looks like the garlic is doing well.