wow, that was a fun tour! Thanks! After they dry, are you going to braid the garlic? Are you planning to sell the garlic? Do you own that land, or rent it? Do you live in one of the visible houses across the street from the garden? I’m just full of ?’s.
Thanks, Judi! When they are finished drying, we cut the tops off, clean off the dirty, torn wrappers and then sell what we don’t keep for next year’s seed. We eat all the bruised, small, or less than stellar ones. This is stiff neck garlic which doesn’t braid as easily as soft neck garlic although some folks do braid it.
We lease the land from the city. All that empty land used to have houses on it. They have been torn down over the years and when we moved here 3 1/2 years ago, the whole place was vacant, owned by the city, used by the locals for dumping. We obtained a 5 year lease after a bit of a political battle in 2008. If you are interested in the story, you could google Wilson Street Urban Farm or Mark and Janice Stevens and read the Buffalo News story. At the time it received a great deal of publicity. We’ve somewhat faded back into the shadows a bit now.
We live across the street, but our house is not visible in any of the pictures. Our garage is in the one where Keturah is stacking garlic on the wagon – the door with the X on it.
wow, that was a fun tour! Thanks! After they dry, are you going to braid the garlic? Are you planning to sell the garlic? Do you own that land, or rent it? Do you live in one of the visible houses across the street from the garden? I’m just full of ?’s.
Thanks, Judi! When they are finished drying, we cut the tops off, clean off the dirty, torn wrappers and then sell what we don’t keep for next year’s seed. We eat all the bruised, small, or less than stellar ones. This is stiff neck garlic which doesn’t braid as easily as soft neck garlic although some folks do braid it.
We lease the land from the city. All that empty land used to have houses on it. They have been torn down over the years and when we moved here 3 1/2 years ago, the whole place was vacant, owned by the city, used by the locals for dumping. We obtained a 5 year lease after a bit of a political battle in 2008. If you are interested in the story, you could google Wilson Street Urban Farm or Mark and Janice Stevens and read the Buffalo News story. At the time it received a great deal of publicity. We’ve somewhat faded back into the shadows a bit now.
We live across the street, but our house is not visible in any of the pictures. Our garage is in the one where Keturah is stacking garlic on the wagon – the door with the X on it.