Garlic Harvest – 2017
Tis that time of year again! It's a been a very rainy summer around here, and I was hopeful the garlic would make it through ok. This is our kids…
Saving and Using Hardneck Garlic Scapes
My second favorite thing about growing hardneck garlic is the scapes. The scape is the flower of the garlic. If the scape is not removed it will flower, and take…
Garden and Garlic Planting (2017)
In fine November tradition, the girls and I started the garden for next year by planting garlic. I told myself I would not plant more than 72 garlic cloves, but…
Garlic Harvest (2016)
It is that time of year again where we harvest garlic! I've spent the last few weeks minding the weeds around the garlic, and watching the garlic leaves die back.…
Garlic Planting: 2016
Another year, another garlic plan! Last year I got the worst chest cold just after Halloween, which is when I wanted to plant garlic. This year, I thought I would…
Garlic Harvest 2015
Many hands make light work, and the kids did a lot of work with the garlic this year. They planted it in the fall. Helped harvest garlic scapes. Farm to…
Harvesting Garlic
Today we harvested our garlic - 40 heads to be exact, only hit one with the shovel! I went back to grab the link from when we planted the garlic…
Everything is coming up Garlic
Garlic is sticking its tongue out while the deer mow down any crocus that comes up. (So NOT cool!) However, the deer won't get garlic because as my daughter points…
Planting Garlic
I have had garlic on my mind for almost a year now. The conversation of growing garlic came up at Thanksgiving last year, just a few weeks shy of the…