I saw a video reel on social media the other day of a harvest of shallots, and it made me realize that I haven’t grown those delicious little Allium bulbs in forever—and who knows why.
The harvest video was on Hudson Valley Seed’s Instagram account, and one of that New York-based organic seed company’s co-founders, K Greene, is here today to talk about growing shallots ... and their more commonly grown cousin garlic ... and maybe share some other ideas for succession sowing of edibles whose planting time still lies ahead, whether for fall harvest or to overwinter and enjoy in the year ahead.
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