From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   T wrote:   
   ...   
   > It is about four foot long and 14 inches wide.  It   
   > is about 12 to 14" deep and back filled with peat moss   
   > and original dirt, plug chicken poop based fertilizer.   
   >   
   > The trough itself does drain, but takes hours.   I water   
   > every other day.   
      
     that may be too often, maybe twice a week   
   would be enough or even once a week (depending   
   upon how well the soil there holds the moisture).   
      
      
   > The trench is slightly below ground level so I can water   
   > and not have it run all over the place.   
   >   
   > I have five shallots growing like crazy in it right now.   
   > This is their second feral year.   
   >   
   > Oh and the green onion (scallions) nubs have starting   
   > growing.  Go figure.   
      
     :)   
      
      
   > The garlic marbles are still dormant.   
      
     did you plant these recently?   
      
     the garlic here grows almost all year if   
   given a chance.  the only time it stops is   
   right after the tops die back in the middle   
   of the hot summer, then it will start to   
   put out roots once there are any rains and   
   you can see it start growing again in the   
   fall.  some winters it will stay green under   
   the snow if there is enough snow cover.   
   even with the ground freezing solid down   
   well below the root zone it will still   
   survive and come back once we get some   
   warmer late winter/early spring days.   
      
     i'm talking about the garlic that is left   
   in the ground.  the bulbs that i lift and   
   divide to replant or give away or eat don't   
   get replanted until Sept/Oct so they won't   
   do much while in cool dark storage.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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