Well, it was time to take out the leeks.  They've been there for 2 years.  

 

I planted seeds a couple years ago, and the first year we ate lots of leeks, and the second year they bloomed.  I showed you pix of the flowers a few months ago.  Then they went to seed.  Each of those little flowers produced 2 or 3 seeds. So you can see that I harvested thousands of seeds.   Now I just have to wait for them to dry, and I can store them to plant next spring.  I'll be happy to share if you want to plant leeks.  

 

In the meantime, at the base of each of those flower stalks is a bulblet or two.  I pulled them off, and replanted them.  They are already sprouting.  I think this is the right time of year to plant bulblets, so they can establish themselves before winter sets in.  Then I will mulch them with a couple inches of straw, to keep them warm through the winter.  

 

And next spring we will start all over again:  leek soup, scalloped potatoes with leeks, leeks in everything.  Hey, they are FREE!!!

 

And the year after that we'll get to see the blossoms!!  We love leeks.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!