DUCKS for THEE in 2023

[ducks4you]

I need to see if I still have the ceramic garlic roaster downstairs...

How to Roast Garlic & 10 Ways to Use it! - Oat&Sesame

How to Roast Garlic + 10 Recipes. Roasted Garlic is an amazing flavor boost for so many recipes. From soup to sandwiches, pasta and more.

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Growing Garlic from Seed (Top Setting Bulbils)

Growing garlic from seed can be tricky, as it's nearly impossible to get your hands on "true garlic seed." You can, however, grow garlic from top-setting bulbils, which behave like seeds (though they're not in

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"Garlic grown from bulbils can take up to three years to mature if the initial garlic seed was quite small. How big the bulbils are will depend on the garlic variety, and they range in size from large peas down to the size of a grain of rice. The largest specimens can produce harvestable garlic in as little as two years, while the tiny ones will need a full three years to mature.

In the meantime, you essentially have perennial garlic that’s helping deter pests from the rest of your garden."

 

[heirloomgal]

I need to see if I still have the ceramic garlic roaster downstairs...

How to Roast Garlic & 10 Ways to Use it! - Oat&Sesame

How to Roast Garlic + 10 Recipes. Roasted Garlic is an amazing flavor boost for so many recipes. From soup to sandwiches, pasta and more.

www.oatandsesame.com

I've used this method to roast heads of garlic, though not in a specific garlic roaster, but the oven. I love that method, the garlic cloves stay so nice and moist and turns such a lovely golden brown. When you add those cloves into a few cups of cooked white beans with a bit of lemon & salt it makes a delicious white bean hummus.

 

[ducks4you]

Killing time bc I Don't want to go outside and post the Treasurer's position.
YES!!! One of the Trustees was yelling at our excellent employee and she resigned.
She was working for peanuts and doing a Great job!
I did my legal posting, now I need to follow up with the local small town banks that I talked to this week. They said I could post the job at their banks. 2 hour job, but EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AGAIN!!!!
Rant over...
Here are pictures of my garlic harvesting.
These are the bulbils I wrestled out of their flower packaging. The garlic that @flowerbug sent me produced HUGE bulbils.
The Amish garlic and local (???) that I planted produced little ones and immature seeds. I intend to plant those in my front flower beds and forget about them for a couple of years.
I threw in some cloves where the bulbs were immature with the bulbils. I will fish them out and plant wherever.

 

[ducks4you]

I got a meager bulb harvest from the Michigan garlic. It was kinda choked out and planted in a spot that had too much shade. Some were immature cloves, good for replanting. I will let eldest DD (the "Chef"), decide what to cook with and what I should save. Definitely planting bulbs that have cloves trying to grow.

 

[ducks4you]

I have the garlic above the fridge. Considering how stuff dries out up there, I think they should dry out ok, but I will be planting/freezing/separating them in the next few weeks. It is hanging inside of the porch on the wall.
Below is my 2023 harvest from the Italian garlic that I planted in the front bed in 2021.
I promised middle DD most of this to plant mid October.
(She will take them at my Salsa Party: "Hunger Games: May the odds be Ever in your Favor".)
I will also plant some of it, but, even dirty, it is picturesque, imho.

 

[heirloomgal]

Killing time bc I Don't want to go outside and post the Treasurer's position.
YES!!! One of the Trustees was yelling at our excellent employee and she resigned.
She was working for peanuts and doing a Great job!
I did my legal posting, now I need to follow up with the local small town banks that I talked to this week. They said I could post the job at their banks. 2 hour job, but EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AGAIN!!!!
Rant over...
Here are pictures of my garlic harvesting.
These are the bulbils I wrestled out of their flower packaging. The garlic that @flowerbug sent me produced HUGE bulbils.
The Amish garlic and local (???) that I planted produced little ones and immature seeds. I intend to plant those in my front flower beds and forget about them for a couple of years.
I threw in some cloves where the bulbs were immature with the bulbils. I will fish them out and plant wherever.
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Wow! Nice haul!

 

[ducks4you]

Thanks! First time, and I did okay!
I Tried a raw scape and it was so strong I decided against harvesting any of them.
How do You eat them?

 

[heirloomgal]

Thanks! First time, and I did okay!
I Tried a raw scape and it was so strong I decided against harvesting any of them.
How do You eat them?

I've always put scapes in a roasting tray with other veggies (potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, zucchini, onion, etc.) and a good dose of olive oil, and s & p. Sometimes herbs that are around. I do find that the scapes need to be on the youngish side because they get fibrous when older.

 

[SPedigrees]

They taste like flavorful crunchy green beans when made into Pickled Dilly Scapes.

! first sampled these courtesy of a neighbor lady:

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I made some myself a few years ago using this recipe posted by another gal from my state.

Pickled Garlic Scapes - Recipe for Canning

If you're growing enough garlic to feed your family, you're also growing enough garlic scapes to feed an army. When the garlic scapes start popping up, it's hard to use them all fresh. Sure, they're

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Also I will often just pick a handful of scapes from the garden and cut them into tiny pieces. Then freeze in a zip lock baggie and add them to spaghetti, casseroles, stir fries, baked chicken or fish, soup, just the same as you would add chopped garlic cloves to these recipes.