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If you spray your yard with garlic to repel mosquitoes you might be inadvertently inhibiting the reproduction of other insects. I.e., garlic-based whole-yard sprays are not as "eco-friendly" as pesticide companies claim. That's my take-away from this lab study showing effects on mosquitoes, fruit flies, and wasps. #mosquitoes #garlic #insects #pesticides https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867426003387
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July 21, 2026 Today’s gardening milestone is the garlic harvest. We harvested about 200 garlic over several mornings. This variety is Estonia! Thank you to the Baltic for the varieties. The roots are fanned out connecting to the black soil. 1. The garlic harvest is complete. 2. All of the varieties have some good garlic heads to use for seed for next growing season. 3. The gardening conditions were pleasant. #threegoodthings, #garlic, #nodig, #minnesota, #gardening, #estonia, #fermentation
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Been to the plot earlier, too hot to do anything other than water the crops and sit under the plum tree. Stuff is growing OK: broad beans already harvested and donated to the food bank, strawberries well gone down my gullet - had a week of top posh breakfast, strawbs in buffalo milk yogurt.... Onions arising, tomatoes flowering, pinto beans trying the escape the greenhouse through gaps in the roof, carrots also coming up nicely though last year's have flowered so let them be for insects. Grapes and olives also showing up nicely, dunno if the olives will ripen, grapes yes, they will, not enough to make wine but am sure I'll have some decent breakfast, sometime in October. Am preparing some home made pesto using basil and garlic from the plot, olive oil, a quarter bag of almonds, pinch of salt, splash of chili sauce, no cheese. #allotment #gardening #garlic #basil #oliveoil #salt #chili #onions #tomatoes #smartphone #photography
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Today I painted some garlic for a friend whom I vend with at local fairs and festivals.She makes roasted garlic spreads and flavored olive oils. She suggested a garlic greeting card (of course she did!! Ha!), and I made one today. I like it, and I think it will go nicely with my cherry tomatoes card. My hubby suggested I do a series with Basil and Cheese. Maybe make it a pizza card set. LOL! mmMMmmm, pizza... 🍕 #art #MastoArt #Garlic #Artlife #Artistlife #IndieArtist #HumanMade
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