These last few days have been spent putting the final touches on the manuscript for my wood working book. Here is a a little peak at what book writing headquarters, also know as my kitchen table, looks like right now.
Please excuse the poor lighting, it seems that there is a thunderstorm on the way and it quite cloudy. Many that storm will be bring more Autumn like weather instead of the 80 plus degrees we have had here lately.
As you can see it is a pretty basic set up for book writing. A warm mug of coffee with white chocolate raspberry creamer (I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit that there are currently 6 different flavors of coffee cream in my refrigerator at the moment), a wood working book to use for reference and inspiration, a little wooden squirrel for motivation and a wool knitted strawberry is all you need to write a book. Actually I have no idea how the strawberry ended up there but if I had to ventue a guess mine would be on a pair of little two year old hands. Oh and a laptop, I guess that the laptop is the most important part of my book writing materials.
Garlic Time
Remember this from earlier this summer?
Well now with the first frost approaching it’s time to plant garlic for next year. I’m actually running a bit late this year. Typically I would have planted my garlic a week or so ago but with all that is going on around here lately - homeschool, book writing and the kick off of the wholesale holiday season the garlic had just not been planted yet.
Galic is easy to plant and oh so rewarding about nine to ten monthes later. First you need some nice tight, plump garlic bulbs. I bought mine from a local grocery store.
Gently pulp the cloves apart leaving a bit of the paper around each clove. Use the plumpest cloves because they will make the because bulbs.
Make sure you have an area with well tilled soil that is loose and has good drainage. I also pick a place that gets plenty of sun so that during those short early spring days the ground where the garlic is planted get nice a warm.
Now plant each clove pointy side up approximatly 4 to 6 inches apart and 1 inch deep. The rows should be about 5-6 inches apart. Now just cover up the cloves and water gently. In about 9 to ten months your garlic should be ready to harvest and make into a lovely (and fragent) braid.