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Harvesting Garlic

Pulling/harvesting garlic at the correct time is vital to having an abundant crop and being able to keep/store over the long winter months. Harvest too soon and the garlic will be small and won't store well. Harvest too late and the wrappers will disintegrate and won't store well. As you can see harvesting garlic at the correct time is very important. So how do you know when to pull garlic? There are a couple of clues that garlic gives to let you know it is almost time to

Jul 201 min read

Growing Garlic

Garlic is rather easy to grow as long as you know what zone your in, plant at the correct time, and follow a few steps.

Jul 131 min read

Anatomy of Garlic

Knowing the parts of garlic is important to ensure you have huge garlic. A rookie error is not removing the garlic scape. It's vital to remove the scape so the energy goes into growing the bulb and not bulbils.

Jul 61 min read

Farmers Market Etiquette Part 2

I did a previous post on farmers market etiquette and focused more on actions and being a good customer. This post I want to offer some simple tips and tricks to make sure you have a happy market or small business shopping experience! The most common question I get is to do you prefer cash or credit card. I honestly don't mind either, but cash is slightly more preferred than credit card as I can avoid fees. I only say slightly because if I calculate the time needed to coun

May 222 min read