May 21, 2013

About Mandy Farrar

I am a forester who lives in Caratunk, Maine (population 60 in the winter, 120 in the summer). I currently work as a forester, and have a passion for organic gardening, healthy living, triathlons and endurance sports. You can see my full blog at CaratunkGirl.com, & follow me on Twitter as @CaratunkGirl.

Growing Garlic

Garlic scape

I love growing garlic.  I think I love growing it so much because it is really easy and the payoff is pretty big for the effort when compared to most other plants in the garden. Garlic is planted in the fall.  It grows in two stages – the roots and foliage grow through the fall [...]