Angela Law

This afternoon, I planted 216 cloves of garlic in my garden. Just in time for Halloween–our whole neighborhood should be vampire-free thanks to my efforts.

That might sound like a lot, but it’s about the same amount I planted last year (and I’ve been tearing through that supply at an alarming pace. I guess making a recipe that has 46 cloves of garlic in it isn’t exactly helping to ration the supply). I planted four varieties, two of which are new (to me). I’m trying to determine which varieties grow the best in our soil. That will give me a little more flexibility when ordering my garlic for planting. Sometimes I forget to order early and the choices are limited.

It’s kind of cool to plant stuff in the fall. Once spring arrives and the garlic plants start shooting up, it’s like an instant garden. We haven’t even gotten any snow yet and I’m already looking forward to spring. It’s going to be a long winter…Remind me again why I live in Western PA?

As you might remember, Brian bought a bunch of lumber at an auction on Saturday. All of the loading/unloading of the truck must’ve affected his brain. That night, as we were going to bed, I asked him a question about the project he’s currently working on in the shop. His response was “I have enough wood.” Needless to say, that wasn’t a valid answer for my question. Apparently he was drifting off to sleep and thinking about the day’s activities while I was talking. Indeed, we have enough wood.

In sort-of related wood news, we celebrated “Law Arbor Day 2004” yesterday by planting a dogwood tree, a white spruce, and four more yews (hedges). We’ve been planting stuff every fall for the past four years. I hope to finally finish off the hedges next year (we need around 6-8 more plants). Other than that, we’re good on the tree count. The only major landscaping I have left is around the shed and to create a herb garden. The herb garden is planned for next spring, but I think I might drag the shed thing out for a few years.