Garlic: A Plant to Love

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May/June 2008
Kristen Davenport 
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After-harvest rules are clearer. Absolutely do not wash your garlic in water, and do not leave it out in the sunlight. Snip the roots off and brush off the dirt with an old toothbrush or rough rag. Then hang it in a well-ventilated area out of bright light to dry as quickly as possible. Garlic will cure for several weeks, up to two months – you can do some taste tests along the way. Freshly dug garlic has a more mild, vegetable-like flavor.

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Kristen Davenport raises garlic, goats, geese, chickens, vegetables, cut flowers and several human kids (not necessarily in that order) on a 32-acre farm in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

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  • Sally Johnson 4/17/2009 5:30:42 PM

    I learned so much about garlic from your article! I did not know you should cut off the scape to prevent bulbils from forming. Those little bulbils in my garden all dried and scattered, self-seeding. Many, many are growing this spring. Will they make usable bulbs, if they grow another season? Thank you so much for the informative article!

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