I start selling mine as fresh garlic as soon as dug then wait a couple of weeks before cleaning and grading the majority. I like it nicely dried befor packing it in pecks and larger containers. I have found that hanging in bunches of 12 works best, for me, tried larger bunches up to 25 but it didn't dry down as well nor as fast.

I take lots of photos, too, and this spring started printing some and putting them in a notebook with notes to myself about holes, and when plants have come up, and whatever would help me in making changes. A year or two ago, my dh got a new computer, so we switched the one I had with his old one, and in the process of setting things up, my iphoto library with about 7,000 (not just garden) photos got trashed. I was heartbroken, because I did refer to old garden photos to help me figure out what and where to plant. I knew I was going for more plants today, so I went around the yard with paper and pencil, and wrote the areas down, with what size or color plant I wanted for the holes I was seeing. Next year, I will need to see what blooms at the same time, because when you get a plant, it may or may not bloom at the exact same time the next year due to conditions before buying it, and the season in its new space. The fact that people are coming here for a garden tour Saturday made me just want to get spots filled. I put 3 daylilies bought from a yard sale, 2 pinks, a dwarf monarda, a tall gailardia (sp), a Coronation Gold yarrow, and little pink geranium in a corner that was 50 cents. In my mostly yellow, blue, and purple bed, I planted a Gold Rush Leucanthemum, which I had never seen before. I also was please to find another perennial blue centaria, which I put toward the back and under my bed frame, as it can get sprawly, and after blooming usually needs to be cut back. The one I had toward the front of the bed died out after a few years. After I planted, I thought that the colors of some plants may not look so good together, so I may need to make changes next year. I also mentally move things around and think of what I'd like to grow in spots as I'm watering or deadheading. I still will always find a spot for a plant I decide I want to grow. I have been to almost every place in town that sells flowers this season, and I don't think I've ever left one without several plants. :o) Sue

I do read everyone's responses before posting my own. How many postings have we seen where in the middle of the responses there is "I didn't have time to read everyone else's answers, but I think the solutions is to [whatever]," when somebody up higher has already suggested that. To me, it's just disrespectful. Think about it this way: We are having conversations here. Now picture yourself out to lunch with a handful of friends, trading opinions. But you are zoning out, thinking about your grocery list, checking out the dessert at the next table. Then you make a contribution to the conversation--the same contribution that one of your friends made 10 minutes earlier. What you've basically done is tell that friend that she wasn't worth your time to listen to, that you really don't value that person. Now I know many of you wouldn't do that in person, yet we do it on these boards, just because it's a "virtual" acquaintance? (I'm sure there've been studies into the things we dare say to online acquaintances but would never, ever say to someone's face.) (And I think everybody is strapped for time, so that's really not an excuse, IMHO.) I think it's slightly different if someone here has posted a question asking if she should rip out her powder room's tile floor (just an example! OP of that, don't get upset!)--then she's really looking to see how the yes/no votes stack up.

What kind of orange is it? Oranges ripen at different times depending on the variety. If you know the variety, take a look at this chart from Four Winds Growers to see when yours will be ready. https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/pages/citrus-variety-info-chart