Sound Harvest & Garden: Garlic time

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Garlic time

The garlic tops had started turning yellow and had lost their umph, and for me it is now or never to harvest this batch! With all signs pointing towards harvest time, I pulled the bulbs. I placed them under roof on a slated rack to start drying.

They will need a few weeks to dry before storing, so will finish the process at the new house. If it appears they are not mature enough to properly dry I will peel them and store the cloves refrigerated, in oil. Although not as big as last years heads, the garlic looks beautiful.

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For 7 years this blog reflected my personal gardening experience in a front and backyard on an island in Carteret County, North Carolina. Now I live up the beach, on another North Carolina island, in Dare County. For almost two years my focus has been on settling into a tiny, 720 sq ft cottage, built in 1945. It needed to be gutted and rebuilt, and my job was to design the layout so the house is both cozy and efficient. A few tiny fruit trees now are planted, and the massive live oak has been pruned a bit off our home and the neighbors'. It is beginning to feel alive, and like home.