I harvested about 15 bulbs of garlic for the kitchen, after setting aside the 7 biggest bulbs for planting on Columbus Day.
I attach a picture of the garlic waiting to be used in the kitchen. They are on a shelf with a platter that my late father-in-law bought in Mexico.
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Nice! And very pretty platter!
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Congrats!
I must plant some this fall so am looking for good bulbs. Nice photo!
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My crop is Zemo variety. I also have had excellent results in the past with Music variety in my northern garden.Originally Posted by razz
Love your garlic Dado!
I’ve told the story several times, but years ago DH planted garlic, and I sat down to clean it. It was so fresh and pungent, it burnt my fingers. Plus his heads were tiny and so it was a burden, so I told him don’t plant more, I want to buy it.
My friend grows elephant garlic in our community garden, and yes those are huge, but it’s also too mild.
I have dug a raised bed for the German Red (smaller cloves, not much to look at) which I bought at a farmers' market this past summer, and the Zemo garlic I grew in a ground-level bed. The soil is dug 12" deep, and I added an abundance of compost plus a little aged cow manure.
Each year on Columbus Day I plant garlic. Coincidentally, the banks and post offices will be closed, so I like to believe they collectively will be holding their breath, hoping that my 3 inches of mulch will enable my garlic to establish viable root networks over winter. <wink>
I took a picture of the ready-to-plant cloves of the 2 varieties. I put a $20 bill amongst them to clarify the relative sizes.
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Dado: I somehow missed the photo you posted at the beginning of the thread in August, but the garlic and the plate made quite a lovely still life!
I just got done cleaning several heads of garlic, peeling off the paper coverings and making the cloves ready to use.
I have a dozen heads of garlic awaiting a similar fate sometime soon. Into the freezer they will go. Should carry us all winter.
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