Comments on: Garlic Braiding

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:22:37 +0000

Audree–Forty pounds! I am so jealous. We are already about a third through our garlic from this year. At this rate it won’t last through Christmas. I’m sure your faux braided garlic looks equally as nice as the real braided. Scapes would be nice, I haven’t tried hardneck.

By: Audree

Audree — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:03:20 +0000

I just finished bundleing my garlic & hanging it to cure (maybe 40#). I’ll wait a few days to braid the softneck. I haven’t had much luck braiding the hardneck, usually use jute twine & tie it to imitate braiding. I’ll try again this year to braid some. Growing your own is great & growing hardneck has the added treat of scapes in the spring to make pickles & pesto, yum.

By: Tomato Lady

Tomato Lady — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:28:50 +0000

Well said, Tammie! Garlic just seems like such a bonus, I love it!

By: Tammie

Tammie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:07:14 +0000

This was my first year growing garlic, and I am thrilled with the results. Just took mine out of the ground today, and it is a thing of beauty. I can’t believe you get a huge beautiful buld from one little clove! I can’t wait to braid it. Mine’s the hardneck variety, but I read that you can braid it- just needs to be crimped near the bulb and it’s more of a pain to braid. I can’t wait to try. We planted our garlic on either side of our asparagus bed. It looks nice, since you let the asparagus ferns grow after harvesting the asparagus in the spring. Seemed to work fine. Some times you wonder if growing your own food is worth all the work (especially during canning season,) but looking at my fabulous garlic reminds me why I do it!

By: TL

TL — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:18:08 +0000

It still counts, small or not, you grew your own garlic! Congrats! Next year it will be the year . . .

By: Faith

Faith — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:51:42 +0000

Thank you for the link, and your pictures about the braiding…doing this is the fall.
I planted 3 bulbs in the spring….on a whim…the other day 1 fell over….like you said…
it was done…I pulled it out and it had multiplied, but is small…but still we grew garlic
yeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! marking my frost date here…..and more to be planted…..

Faith

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:18:36 +0000

I can’t wait for late summer to come. I am going to give this a try. It looks beautiful! This is my first year growing garlic – I have 16 growing. I have already told my husband next year it is doubled.

By: Brown Thumb Mama

Brown Thumb Mama — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:06:23 +0000

Yum, I love garlic! My harvest doesn’t look as good as yours, but braiding sounds like fun.

Now, this may be the wrong question to ask seeing your latest compost flop post ;o) but what do you suggest for a cover crop in my garlic beds? Not sure what nutrients the garlic removes when growing that I’d need to replace.

By: TL

TL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:16:28 +0000

Thanks, Mary!
You won’t regret it, it’s easy once you get going.

By: TL

TL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:15:27 +0000

Sister has never let me forget it.