Well our farm charges $5.00 a dozen. A burlap sack is $15.00.
I've never kept track but guessing it be a good 4 dozen. I'll confirm tomorrow
Ps. We just ate a dozen bought yesterday from my wife and its AWESOME !! No need for butter

h.t., I don't get out much,but last week here in S.W. pa. some places were getting $8 a doz. if you could find local grown.  sam

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HT I'm trying to get some rain to ya. Still some left in the system that passed through my neighborhood.

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Clint nice to hear you are getting better.

Ground hog problem sucks though. .223 makes for quick work on the little rascals. Few years back I bought a 'varmit' gun chambered in 5.56 but shoot .223 to slap woodchucks upside the head. Been nearly two years since I started a new life and ain't shot a 'chuck' since. Reminds me, I need to get my 5.56, .17 HMR, and 22 mag to a gun store.


HT... I see my neighborhood frontal system fizzled overnight. Did you get any rain at all?

My wife’s cherry tomatoes has an abundant first harvest. She is down to about 5 left. How long will it take the plant to re-blossom?

I will revamp my figure for rainfall. 3 plus inches according to the buckets outside. Dar that all depends on the type of tomato. There are 2 types determinant and indeterminate . The later will continue growing and flowering the former has a set number of blooms. Which is 1 to 3 per leaf . Indeterminate are usually viney. That does not mean you are done you may have some non opened blooms.

IIR they are a determinant plant

Picked some green peppers and semi-hot zizzler banana peppers last night, cleaned them out, stuffed them with some sweet italian sausage then put them in the min-roaster with some of my homemade stewed tomatoes.  yummmmmmm.....put a little mozzarella and parmesan cheese over them when they were done.......first couple of the zizzlers I picked were mild but this batch had a good, flavorful heat.  Got your attention, but faded fast.  Even my wife was eating them....They will make good dipping peppers for canning when I get enough for that.  

Thank you!

A few of the reasons I drive 35 miles to work 1 way

Looking nice Clint. I also love my 36 mile 1 way to work. My wife sold 100 of our garlic bulbs already. We picked 212 seed and saleable out of the 275ish I planted.
I already talked to a local garlic farmer and pre bought 8lbs of seed garlic ready dried in 3 weeks. I will also have seed garlic from mine which are huge and way better then expected. Of course I'll have everyday use also. A lb of garlic seed should yield 40 plants. Do the math. A 50 or $100.00 investment equals a 3 plus fold return. There will be no garlic festivals this year so things might be hit and miss depending on internet sales. Right now internet sales are hopping because people are getting more into trying to self sustain.
We finally got a date for the cow to be butchered. 9/8. Pigs got moved up to 8/4 which is fine, they are plenty ready at about 160 now.
Next chick batch arrives 7/28
Super busy here but we are going to make some time to do a drive in live band concert in 2 weeks. Not ready for the club scene but sure ready to dance to live music, even if it's in the bed of my truck.

So the way I look at my garlic is like this from small to seed.
The smallest I'd grind to powder or single use. Next size I've seen sold but I'd only sell 1 of that size in a braid of 3. Following, is the sale size which gives a nice amount for a frequent user and remaining cloves will store well properly.
Largest is my personal use, mainly seed for this fall. I would plant my sale size but I prefer to plant or buy my seed size. And the pictures don't due justice.
I'm finding garlic is super simple to grow and the rewards are great, as is herbs and tomatoes.

PS: Clint, we make 80 plus quarts homemade sauce for personal use.
We are also looking at offering jars for sale.

I pay $12.00 a lb which is 5 or 6 seed bulbs
Remember though, each seed lb is 40- 50 plants. At any supermarket, you'd pay $1.00- 1.75 for junk imported garlic.
A local grower would sell at in house about $1.75. Per ( my second size). If the local sold a farmers market, they be anywhere from $1.75 to $3.00 each.
Usually at a festival, it starts at $2.50 each.

To answer your question. I'm a braid of 3 for $5.00 or $2.00 single. I'd probably do 3 for 5 anyway but some think they only just want 1 bulb and end up buying 3 single after anyway.
So just figure if you invest $12.00 and get $80.00 back, I'd do that all day, any day.

Everything looks great Clint. Great job!! I'll plant garlic this fall for the first time. Nothing like what you guys do, but enough for home use. I have to agree on the store bought stuff. It isn't any kind of quality. The wife uses garlic every Sunday for The Sauce. Im sure I'll be asking for some pointers when it comes time. Before Columbus Day, correct?

As far as everything else goes, I have tons and tons of green tomatoes, cant wait till we get canning. Nothing beats home jarred as opposed to the store bought. Already been picking peppers, cukes and zukes for couple weeks now. My only complaint is that cheapo fabric suxs. Eh, get what you pay for...

Pens, yes I usually plant the week of or just after Columbus. I'm at hunting camp Columbus weekend so I shoot for having everything planted by the following weekend. Make sure your soil is loose and any supplement nutrients are tilled in . Plant 4-6" spacing and space rows about 6" apart. Top with straw and good to go.
We also have tons of green tomatoes. I planted 88 plants. About 40 are Roma to add thickness to sauce and the rest area better boy so we get quantity out of the sauce. All ingredients, peppers both jalapeno and bell, garlic, basil and oregano come from the garden. Only thing we buy is onions although might have to buy some peppers this year as mine are growing very slowly.
Last year we ended up with 89 quarts. This year's target is 100 quarts and we will mix some into pints because a pint size works better for pizza sauce.

Good luck and watch that garden grow.
Ps. Haven't gotten any rain here since the little we had Friday- Saturday morning.
DRY !!