The Great Garlic Harvest

The lone scape standing gave me the sign to pull out the spading fork. The Great Garlic Harvest was ready to begin.

The last shaft stand in the garlic patch meant it was time to get out the spade fork for The Great Garlic Harvest .

I had rationalize off all the other scapes in the first place in the time of year , but I left one Chesnock Red still hunt intact so it could signal when it was clock time to let the harvest set about .

Hardneck varieties of garlic grow a prime husk and , if the stalk is left on , it can take push away from the bulb while it ’s growing and affect bulb size .

The other scapes had been trim in the first place this summer while they were young and I used them in all kinds of recipes . Now , this lonely scape tell me it was ready .

Even if I had n’t left a undivided scape standing , I could see the bottom farewell of the ail were starting to yellow . If pass on in the ground too long , they ’d come out to separate and could rot .

A spading fork helped me lift the bulbs up from the ground and I was measured not to get too close to keep from bruising them .

I ’d plant this batch of garlic in previous gloaming like I normally do . However , I ’d never planted this much garlic before . I imagine I was overcome with the feeling of fall and the baskets of garlic looked so beguiling that I bought four different varieties . In addition to the Chesnock Red , I planted Music , Romanian Red and Inchelium — a softneck salmagundi .

As I harvest the rows of beautiful bulbs I realized I had gotten carried away that day at the garden center . Now I have over two 12 principal of garlic , all bundle up and bring around in the cellar . After they dry , I ’ll be able to clean them , dress away the roots , disregard off the round top and fill up several mesh bag for storing .

Soon it ’ll be time to break out the oldgarlic bread maker .

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