By john, on August 15th, 2010
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 [...read more]
By phyllis, on June 13th, 2009
What? What’s a garlic scape? Well, when a hardneck garlic variety reaches it final growth phase it sends up a curly shoot called a scape. This is basically the garlic flower head and they need to be removed to force the plant to put more energy into making a bigger bulb. Scapes are [...read more]
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