We didn’t plant any garlic this year but we had a (small) harvest anyway. It seems that we didn’t get it all out of the ground last year and two bulbs overwintered providing us with nine new plants; ergo, bonus garlic. Given all of the unpleasant surprises we gardeners face each growing season, this is the kind of garden surprise I can live with. Those in the know will see that this garlic is a hard neck variety. My wife loves to make pesto from the garlic scapes which only the hard neck varieties grow.
I think this fall we will plant some soft neck garlic. In fact, I am toying with the idea of just buying the warehouse sized bag of garlic from Costco and using that for my seed stock. The stuff seems to sprout in my pantry well enough!
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