Of Garlic and Lessons Learned...

[Zeedman]

I was able to finish weeding & prepping the garlic bed today, and planted 30 each of the 5 varieties in my previous posts. Couldn't put the hay mulch on the bed though (ran out of time) so that will have to wait. A good soaking rain tonight is watering it in.

 

[flowerbug]

...A good soaking rain tonight is watering it in.

yes, i'm very happy we got some rain here too last night. watering the garlic in that i planted the other day.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

@Shades-of-Oregon : I worked in a garlic and onion dehydration plant back in the late 70's, early 80's. Gilroy CA. Home of the Garlic Festival!! After a few years, they introduced garlic ice cream.

The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has distributed more than $12 million to the community through its annual, family-friendly celebration of the famous bulb since 1979. Local non-profits participating in the festival have raised millions more. The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association aims to be a chain that links together residents, businesses, nonprofits, faith groups, schools, and other local institutions in a collaborative and supportive expression of “community.”"

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@Shades-of-Oregon : I worked in a garlic and onion dehydration plant back in the late 70's, early 80's. Gilroy CA. Home of the Garlic Festival!! After a few years, they introduced garlic ice cream.

The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has distributed more than $12 million to the community through its annual, family-friendly celebration of the famous bulb since 1979. Local non-profits participating in the festival have raised millions more. The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association aims to be a chain that links together residents, businesses, nonprofits, faith groups, schools, and other local institutions in a collaborative and supportive expression of “community.”"

Thank goodness someone else has heard of garlic icecream. Not many have and this is a strange flavor , it’s really good. People come from miles to the event every year . it’s great for a small town supports several small stores in our 2 block little town.

 

[Zeedman]

A little off topic... but when I lived in San Jose in the 80's, I once got a traffic ticket for my lead foot. I was offered traffic school, as an alternative to stricter punishment, and had to choose from available training sites. Unfortunately, I confused Los Gatos with Gilroy - which was over 30 miles away. It turned out to be a pleasant drive, and I learned about the Garlic Festival from some of the other attendees. I think that event is what sparked my love of home grown garlic.

 

[ducks4you]

I am SO GRATEFUL that I get a garlic do-over.
DD planted 11 large bulbs, 7-8 cloves each for me last weekend. JUST IN TIME!!
I need to start my 2025 gardening calendar bc I am Sure that I will foget to deal with the scapes next summer!
I understand this to be mid-June in my neck of the woods.
Since I am an avid canner--who here Doesn't know this?!?--I plan to harvest the scapes and pickle them, best way for Me to use them.
@Zeedman, have you grown/used German Red garlic?
I have read that it is an excellent strong tasting garlic, which youngest DD would absolutetly Love!

https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2019-09-17-how-grow-garlic