Garden Update - End of March 2026
March 2026
- Seeded some flowers, lettuce...
- Hedge trimming and chipping...
- Mowing...
Garlic
This is my garlic operation - not as big as @solominer's, but I felt like reacting :D
The below was planted on the 10th of october, 10 cm deep:
Well above 90% germination.
The rest was planted only 2 days later at varying depths.
All the same variety.
Not conclusive
The second batch germinated well, too, but it seems like the shoots died. (50%)
I don't know, if it was the day or the depth. (I'd guess the latter)
Also, the beds weren't all prepared the same and are in the shades at different times of day...
Anyways
...garden is looking nice and alive, perhaps a bit wild, but I am on it.
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It's a nice place. I think it's quiet there, and the only sound you can hear is birdsong.
In my garden, a large flock of sparrows flies from tree to tree, making quite audible noise as they take off. :)
It's next to a road :D
Plenty of wildlife; Woodpecker, Milan, Robin, squirrel, rabbit, fox, weasel.
Your garden is already taken shape and it's great to know your garlic are also doing well just like @solominer .
Alliums are usually day sensitive, and shade will greatly impact them....
My text doesn't really clear this up:
They got 1 hour in the morning and the other batch 1-2 hours in the evening where they are in the shades more. Should not affect growth all that much.
What I think happened: That 1 hour difference had a big effect when it was all frosty outside...
Looking good.. I like those forsythia bushes you got there.
They were always there. Probably 70 years old. (I trim them regularily)
Funny thing: They say there is no pollinator for forsythia here. Yet, some keep popping up all over the garden. No idea how this happens, or what the fruit/seed would look like...
Oh cool.. hah yeah I see the wheelbarrow full of cuttings
They probably spread by runner unless they are really far away.
Maybe Mason Bees will pollinate them. Normally they flower really early before honey bees are really active. So solitary bees may like them as they start much sooner.
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Germination rates are the micro-climate battle.