[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

M.Mom, I think we are at about the same maturity point in our gardens; I have a Gold nugget tomato that is putting out flowers.

Alliums;

Like yours, the Garlic poked up really early this year. Three leaf wrappers at the bottom have died and dried. Another 2 and I will check to see if its time to harvest.

As an experiment I planted shallots bought at the grocery store. They might be Dutch or French red shallots. Along with the Shallots I pulled up most of the multiplier (potato) onions today and they are drying on the back porch.

Walking onions bought last year have set bub-lets which I am going to remove and replant. They apparently cannot really be stored. Sounds like they are best used as green onions. I think I will companion plant them around the Tomato plants along with some Basil and marigolds. A picture of the Walking onions and Romain Lettuce (Like you!)

(For anyone reading, you tube info on walking onions.)

Walking Onions Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy

I have leeks seedlings in pots. They need to go outdoors and be secured with chicken wire over the pots till they are pencil sized then trench plant and wait for winter!

Once I pull up the garlic I may replant with some 45 day bush green beans. Last years wall of climbing beans were decimated by Japanese beetles and Green June bugs so I want something I can cover with an insect barrier.

I have decided that given the size of my garden...small...I am going with soaker hoses rather than an irrigation system. Easier to move and store. (If I had room and rows with a 50' run I would use something like 1/2" irrigation!)

Sounds like you have plenty of room if you are planting nursery stock! Hope it produces lots of Fruit (sand plums?) I will let you know how the potatoes work out.

[metmom]

After I dug my garlic last year, I decided to not plant anything but let it rest the rest of the summer. So I put in leaves, compost, wood chips, manure, coffee grounds, etc. Just piled it on and didn’t even bother to mix it in.

A few weeks later I noticed some green and thought *Oh weeds, what else?* I checked more closely a couple more weeks later and had some of the most impressive looking turnips I have EVER seen.

[metmom]

The seedlings from the state nursery were sugar maples and birches. I can’t even think of doing fruit trees what with the deer population around here.

[MomwithHope]

Yes I pull the bulblets and plant them. At one point our patch was pretty old and had some huge onions with huge bulblets. One year I picked a handful of big ones, peeled them and chopped them, used them like shallots. The really big thick onions are great peeled and cut above the white, coat with some oil, salt and pepper, and grilled. Yummy!