We had some warm weather earlier this week and my garlic had a growth spurt. They are now 6 to 8 inches tall. So I figured it was time to plant my yellow onions balls from Wally World. Spread out a bunch of fertilizer and dug it in.
The soil felt wonderful to the touch!
And to my surprise, the green onions (scallions) I have in my feral bin are not 1 to 18 inches tall. Today we had some snow, that I went out and harvested any green onions branches/leaves that had bent over in the snow.
And the snow will be a perfect snow watering of my onions.
I don't mind. It's a little cold here to see much growth, but the feral garlic seems to be doing great. I'm tempted to pull back the mulch from the garlic I planted last fall to see how it's doing.
If it's a little warmer next weekend, I will do some pruning (red-twig dogwood) and trim back the dead stuff on the thyme.
I was disappointed. I saw this in the "All Covid All the Time" newsgroup and I was hoping it was the cure for the virus. I have a necklace of garlic on just in case. At least the vampires will leave me alone.
Do deer like garlic? I'm not being facetious. Every spring I think about planting a little garden but the I realize that means building a better wall than Trump has managed.
Maybe I'll try a test planting. When I cook, unless I'm making pancakes, the procedure starts with slicing up a few cloves of garlic and an onion. Sometimes two onions if they are small.
A month ago I had that nasty upper respiratory track with the soar throat and the cough. Since I love garlic and knew I was not going anywhere any time soon and did not have to worry about being anti social, I tonned some on something I was eating. And to my surprise, it nail the soar throat in about a half hour. Still had the cough though.
And not to start a run on garlic, but there is some science to back garlic as a virucidal and why those weird extracts don't work:
In vitro virucidal effects of Allium sativum (garlic) extract and compounds:
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Garlic (Allium sativum) has been shown to have antiviral activity, but the compounds responsible have not been identified. Using direct pre-infection incubation assays, we determined the in vitro virucidal effects of fresh garlic extract, its polar fraction, and the following garlic associated compounds: diallyl thiosulfinate (allicin), allyl methyl thiosulfinate, methyl allyl thiosulfinate, ajoene, alliin, deoxyalliin, diallyl disulfide, and diallyl trisulfide. Activity was determined against selected viruses including, herpes simplex virus type 1, herpes simplex virus type 2, parainfluenza virus type 3, vaccinia virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, and human rhinovirus type 2. The order for virucidal activity generally was: ajoene > allicin > allyl methyl thiosulfinate > methyl allyl thiosulfinate. Ajoene was found in oil-macerates of garlic but not in fresh garlic extracts. No activity was found for the garlic polar fraction, alliin, deoxyalliin, diallyl disulfide, or diallyl trisulfide. Fresh garlic extract, in which thiosulfinates appeared to be the active components, was virucidal to each virus tested. The predominant thiosulfinate in fresh garlic extract was allicin. Lack of reduction in yields of infectious virus indicated undetectable levels of intracellular antiviral activity for either allicin or fresh garlic extract. Furthermore, concentrations that were virucidal were also toxic to HeLa and Vero cells. Virucidal assay results were not influenced by cytotoxicity since the compounds were diluted below toxic levels prior to assaying for infectious virus. These results indicate that virucidal activity and cytotoxicity may have depended upon the viral envelope and cell membrane, respectively. However, activity against non- enveloped virus may have been due to inhibition of viral adsorption or penetration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).
That's one thing I don't have to worry about. Between the eagles and coyotes I can't remember the last time I saw a rabbit out here. There are a couple that hang around at work but living is easier in the city.
Our coyotes have been doing a stand up job of cleaning up on local cat population that are allowed to run wild by their owners. Hey! I don't defecate in your yard. Don't send your animals to defecate in mine.
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