Little Creek Maple Farm

The Great Garlic Mystery

By billcarpenter4June 22, 2012

This is my first year growing garlic and this morning I noticed one of my garlic plants, which just so happened to be the most mature, had bent over like something had brushed it over. Upon further investigation later that evening my wife noticed that there was what appeared to be a mini garlic clove […]

Got Dirt!

By billcarpenter4June 21, 2012

Last week I added two new 4’-0” by 4’-0” raised beds to my garden. The beds were made out of some 2×12’s I was able to salvage prior to them hitting a dumpster. Last weekend I built the frames, added some hardware cloth to the bottom of the beds and dug them into the ground […]

Planting Templates Part 2

By billcarpenter4June 20, 2012

With the “heat wave” moving in tomorrow I figured I had better get out and plant at least one of the raised beds we finished filling with dirt this past weekend. This will be my first attempt at succession planting. I am planting seeds I purchased from the Seed Savers Exchange. In this bed I […]