Garlic

There is no boubt that one of the easiest things to grow is garlic. They dont mind it a little dry and they grow like a weed, A good guide for planting and harvesting garlic is to plant ANZAC day and harvest on Rememberance day. This year I planted 50 cloves and I have harvested enough garlic to last most of the year.

Storing the garlic has proven to be a bit tricky. The first tome I grew garlic I thought it was a bit clever to braid it. While this looked cool, it added nothing to the taste. It seemed a good idea to hang it in the airy shearing shed at Camphill. This was successful until April when it all started to shoot. Of course it would., it was time to plant. I seperated the sprung and unsprung and of course had little option other than to plant all of the sprung bulbs. The remainder of the bulbs were peeled and I am trying my first attempt at frozen garlic. Once they were frozen the were vac seeled in bags of aroound 20.

I now have 80 cloves growing like mad in the garden. There is so much enjoyment in watching how quickly garlic grows.