Elephant garlic scapes

Written by: adekun on 29 May, 2008 6:00 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

The rain was very heavy last night and I wondered if it might be an early start of tsuyu (rain season), despite it only just finishing down in Okinawa. It should be a good few weeks off which I hope will be long enough for the overdue onions and garlic. The latter had sprouted a few fantastically gangly scapes, reaching over four feet in height. I think I’m going to have them for breakfast tomorrow.

Tags: garden, garlic, scapes, weather

Message From Miho

Written by: adekun on 7 June, 2007 2:52 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »

I just downloaded another batch of photos from my helpful sister-in-law. The first was taken last Sunday. The clover around the tomatoes has since been thinned out and the red onions pulled.

Here some p-man, Japan’s popular pepper.

I am hesitant about giving the order to pull the garlic. As my minders are busy out working most hours, there is a good chance the odd week or two might pass and the heads end up splitting. I think this weekend it would be prudent to check several rather than the odd couple with a view to harvesting the lot?

There is quite a bit more yellowing to the leaves on a photo taken yesterday. It looks like most of the scapes got fried. Should be a little more blasé – I can always plant those past it?

Tags: garden, garlic, scapes