In this second installment on Growing Garlic, I'm going to share a fantastic Pickled Garlic Scapes recipe. In the first post, I gave an overview about the process involved with growing Garlic. Garlic is one of the easiest garden vegetables to grow! Here in the Cariboo, the Garlic Scapes come on hot and heavy in early July. Since we have almost 300 garlic plants in the garden, we basically … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 4 Knowing Which Cloves to Replant
Here's the fourth (and last) installment in the Growing Garlic series. Part 1 can be found here; Part 2 here; Part 3 here. When I wrote about harvesting Garlic, I mentioned that I sort my bulbs when I harvest - nice big bulbs get hung together, while the smaller bulbs get hung together with the other small ones. These bulbs will be eaten over the Winter (Spring & Summer too, because I plant … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 3 Harvesting Garlic
Your Garlic has now been growing all spring and summer. You've removed the Garlic Scape that is on each plant. Right about now, you are probably quite curious as to when to get your garlic out of the ground. You want to see how big those bulbs are! Here's the third installment on Growing Garlic Part 1 was an overview of Growing Garlic and Part 2 was How to Pickle Garlic … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 1
Garlic is so very healthy for us to eat. It doesn't hurt that it's pretty easy to grow on a small scale as well. Garlic takes up such a small space that you can either plant a big bed of it in a corner of your garden or tuck a dozen plants into a pot and keep it on your deck. In our climate (cold winters) we plant our Garlic in the very early Fall around mid-September. If you live in … [Read more...]
All About Growing Garlic (4 Part Series)
Are you thinking of growing Garlic? It's a great addition to your garden! We came to love to grow Garlic so much we started a Garlic Farm! We both love to eat it and it is such a healthy superfood. We roast it, grill it and add it to almost everything we cook. We probably eat it every single day. Of. The. Year. Graham loves it raw, me not so much. We slice it … [Read more...]
