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Garlic that does not produce heads, I call "dead end genes; it has not produce scapes.
Good healthy garlic, that produces large/jumbo head, and has a scape.
Garlic notes
Bees
This bee box has 3" of closed cell spray foam on all sides. In 2025 my bees swarmed and then over the winter died. In 2026 instead of buying bee, I decided to try luring bees and it was successful, and then later I also caught anther swarm.
Green Mulching
Here is example of what I call green mulching. As you can see in the photos, tomatoes are growing here (at bloom stage) and ground is completely covered by "weeds", multiple different kinds of plants that are native to this land, and by the way most of these "weeds are edible. I mostly keep grass and viney plants (like Morning Glory) out or at bay. These "weeds" are my soil management team and act as green mulch layer to protect soil.
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