Garlic harvest...

[trunkman]

All I can say is wow! How are you going to keep them?

 

[ninnymary]

Lesa..I believe we grow the soft neck variety over here. I think the weather at Gilroy and Alameda (SF east bay) is pretty similiar.

Mary

 

[HunkieDorie23]

They do look nice. I took two heads of mine in that looked like it wasn't going to dry or store well and they have huge cloves ( I stabbed them with the fork). I am definitely planting them in the fall. I am glad that yours turn out well also.

 

[yardfarmer]

very nice harvest lesa!! i just started pulling our garlic...just love the smell od garlic hanging in the shed

 

[HunkieDorie23]

very nice harvest lesa!! i just started pulling our garlic...just love the smell od garlic hanging in the shed

I do too, but our German Shepherd hates it. If I have garlic on my hands and she is getting to jumping I just put my hand out to her and she sniffs and then runs away. It is very funny.

 

[vfem]

Whoooooooooo you did awesome! That is a nice haul you got Lesa!!! :weight You rock!

 

[lesa]

I am currently drying it in an old carriage house - by old, I mean no windows, so it is plenty ventilated! Once it has dried for a month or so, it keeps really well on a tray in my basement. I think I will try to store some cloves in olive oil, this year- as an experiment. I actually had too much garlic last year- ended up wasting some, which I felt bad about. So, I reduced the amount this season... I planted bush beans last night, in the "garlic spot"- hopefully, they will make it to harvest before the first frost!

 

[thistlebloom]

Beautiful harvest lesa!
I'm going to grow garlic for the first time this fall. Do you need to mulch the beds before winter or can they just be "as is"?

 

[lesa]

I have always covered my garlic with hay, at some point, before the snow. The other gardeners I know around here, do the same... Is it necessary?? I don't know, but I will continue to do it- since I have had good success. If it ain't broke... and all that!

 

[4grandbabies]

What a fantastic harvest!! I had some and it was nice--my first try at garlic.I will definately grow it again. I planted mine in November and it just popped up this spring and flourish:. however, it was a tiny crop compared to yours.