Garlic Harvest
Well this weekend we decidedd to harvest the garlic. We dug up one and to our surprice it looked and smelled like garlic, so as Sat was a warm dry day, I thought that was as good as any day to harvest the garlic. So taking my garden fork to the vege bed I extracted them all.
And what a haul, 42 garlic bulbs and a few more in the rose bed which will be harvested in a few weeks. Definately planting more next year as I want to keep 10 bulbs for planting out next year.
Garlic first picked
Onve we had it all collected we brushed them down and gave them a bit of a hair cut (we cut off most of the roots). Now comes the curing as garlic needs to hang in a dry airy place out of direct sunlight. It will sty there a few weeks before being stored in a nice cool, dark place.
Garlic curing
December 7th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
When we wake up in the morning the kitchen smells of garlic ans the sliding door that the garlic is hanging infront of has been closed all nite.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
And no vampires will be coming thru now
December 11th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Have you ever stored garlic by braiding and hanging from the kitchen ceiling? I’ve always wondered how efective that method is.
December 12th, 2008 at 4:45 am
HI Kelly, we just followed the Lyn Bagnall book for curing and thought we would braid it after it had dried out – as well as storing them in paper, and in net bags to see how different storage methods work out. thanks for the comment