Garlic Varieties

Italian Red Garlic

Compared to some of the other varieties I am growing, Italian Red garlic has a milder (or less spicy) flavor.  This variety will typically store up to 6 months. Each Italian Red bulb has up to 9 large cloves.  You will see nice streaks of red and purple around the cloves.  Italian Red Garlic is […]

Garlic Varieties

Music Garlic

Music Garlic has a white wrapper with only 4 to 6 large cloves per head.  It is a hardneck type of garlic.   If you recall, there are 3 main hardneck families (rocambole, porcelain and purple stripe).  Music Garlic is in the porcelain family. On an interesting note, Music Garlic has a high alicin content […]

Pollinators

House Wrens

I have a book titled Backyard Birds of Pennsylvania which I drag off the bookshelf once in a while when I see a cute bird that I need to identify.  I am pretty sure that the bird in my photo is a House Wren. House Wrens have slightly curved bills, are brownish, have black lines […]