Here we are with our garlic crop planted. Those cloves started sprouting green shoots about a month ago saying 'plant me'... so we have. That is normal for garlic...so imagine my horror when I learnt that commercial garlic growers in New Zealand innoculate garlic bulbs to stop them reproducing !!
What do they innoculate them with ? Does anyone know ? I would love to find out...so please if you know send us a message.
cheers to all
Fresh garlic will be out of the ground pre Christmas !! all going well, which of course there is no guarantee when farming it could all get wiped out in flood !!! but we certainly hope not...
Having been away on holiday for a week we have come back to see a huge burst of new growth in the grass and generally everywhere! It's always a relief to see the change - you know the animals will be getting plenty to eat and its always exciting to see the buds on the fruit trees...
Will be on board later this week with some updates and video on the garlic patch....
Lee
Lee-Ann has a chat about the pecking order in the adopt-a-chicken hen house.
This week has been great with the eggs starting to come on in volume and the dog hasn't figured out how to get in and eat a chook...all good.
Want to know why we're doing all this...watch the video!
It's a bit nerve racking to stand there with a camera leering at you, but we know you want to know what's going on, so we're getting used to the idea of letting you watch while we run the farm, learn to work with the chooks, and all the great stuff that goes into surviving country life in New Zealand!