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Today I planted an additional block of garlic, again in three rows, south of the ones I had planted the other day.

From west to east, I planted

• 4 columns of Leningrad, for 12 all told
• 2 (?) columns of Irkutsk, for 6 all told[ref]I wrote ‘Irkutsk x 6’ on the pad but only drew 3; I think that’s because I initially did 3 and as an afterthought added three more. Best check the number of columns when they come up.[/ref]
• 3 columns of Portugal #1, for 9 all told
• 4 columns of Choparski, for 12 all told
• 1 clove of Khabor in the northernmost hold and 1 clove of Carpathian in each of the other two holes
• 1 column of Carpathian (so between this and the previous column, 5 Carpathian all told)

Today I planted the garlic I bought from Golden Acres. It is all planted in blocks 3 plants wide and so and so many deep. I left one empty row between blocks with a stake in the centre hole.

Starting at the northwest corner of the triangle in Dann’s field, I have

• Leningrad, first generation, 7 rows plus one in the northernmost slot of the 8th row for a total of 22 plants
• Khabor, first generation, 5 rows for a total of 15 plants; this is a Persian Star substitute with much larger cloves
• Persian Star, first generation, 8 rows for a total of 24 plants
• Ural Mountain, first generation, 4 rows for a total of 12 plants; this is a Siberian substitute
• Siberian Hot, first generation, 8 rows for a total of 24 plants; I actually forgot to record the location but based on the layout this seems to be the place (the alternative is that it is where I thought the Duganski is and vice versa; however checking two cloves in the ground suggests this is correct and we can compare bulbs at harvest time; the Duganski ought to be larger).

I left space for the mini-tiller to pass between this and the next set of blocks to the south so as to have 26″ from the centre of the southernmost clove of the northern block to the northernmost clove of the southern block.

In the second row of blocks, I have

• Portugal #1, first generation, 5 rows for a total of 15 plants
• Duganski, first generation, 8 rows for a total of 24 plants
• Irkutsk, first generation, 5 rows for a total of 15 plants
• Portugal #2, first generation, 4 rows, for a total of 12 plants
• Choparsky, first generation, 4 rows, for a total of 12 plants
• Carpathian, first generation, 4 rows, for a total of 12 plants.

This makes 187 plants from Golden Acres stock all told.

“First generation” means that they came directly from Golden Acres. “Second generation” would be those I harvest in 2019, etc.

This morning, I finished tilling the triangular portion of earth which is just south of our driveway. In the afternoon, I fabricated a template for spacing garlic in three rows with 7″ between rows and 7″ between plants in a row.

Then I began to plant the garlic in sets of three rows, beginning at the northwest corner, sets running north to south, and within sets from west to east.

• first set of three rows:
  • Leningrad (from Golden Acres), 38 cloves; the last two cloves were in the northernmost and next northernmost slots (i.e. leaving the southernmost slot vacant)
  • skipped 2 rows (thus leaving 21″ between this and the next group
  • Leningrad (from my own August 2017 harvest), 69 cloves; this ended the first 3-row set
• skipped 16″ southward before setting up the next set of 3 rows (such that from any hole in the first set to the corresponding hole in the second set was 30″)
• second set of three rows:
  • Irkutsk (from Golden Acres), 17 cloves; the last two cloves in the northernmost and next northernmost slots
  • skipped 2 rows
  • Choparsky (from Golden Acres), 13 cloves; the last clove in the northernmost slot
  • skipped 2 rows
  • Carpathian (from Golden Acres), 8 cloves; the last two cloves in the northernmost and next northernmost slots.

Given the temperature, that was enough for today. I brought in my Siberian harvest to prepare for the next planting session.

From the Panasonic breadmaker book.

From Curry Cuisine, p. 130.

From Curry Cuisine, p. 132.