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What Do You Do with Garlic Scapes?

The question is what to do with garlic scapes? Scapes can be used in so many ways. They make a fabulous addition to a flower bouquet and delicious to eat.

Planting Garlic in the Fall

We’re getting ready to go on a big adventure this fall. More about that later, but as we get ready to go away many of the chores include the garden. It’s such a busy time of year. Children heading back to school, vegetables to be harvested from the garden and it’s also time to plantContinue reading “Planting Garlic in the Fall”

My Garden: Braiding Garlic

You may remember the abundant garlic harvest I had a few weeks ago. I finally got around to braiding it. I love the way braided garlic looks plus I can hang it in our garage for the winter and it does just fine. Our garage is actually heated so it stays cool but doesn’t freeze.Continue reading “My Garden: Braiding Garlic”

My Garden: Garlic

I’ve been keeping an eye on my garlic, knowing it was just about time to harvest it. Today was the day! The garlic was starting to die back.I was a little concerned because the stalks seemed a bit skinny and I wondered how the garlic would look. As soon as I started to pull upContinue reading “My Garden: Garlic”

My Garden: Time To Plant Garlic

The end of the garden season is always a busy time of year. With children heading back to school and vegetables to harvest from the garden the days are full. While I am busy harvesting it is also the time of year to plant garlic. I find that garlic is one of the more satisfyingContinue reading “My Garden: Time To Plant Garlic”

My Garden: What To Do With Garlic Scapes?

Toward the end of June – early July is the time to harvest the scapes from your garlic plant. You want the plant to send all of its energy into bulbs not into a flower producing seeds. So you cut the scapes off. They can be used in many ways, you can cut them upContinue reading “My Garden: What To Do With Garlic Scapes?”

My Garden: Time To Plant Garlic

This week the giveaway is a brand new WonderMill Grain Mill! I am currently taking part in the Grain Mill Challenge and WonderMill was kind enough to send me a grain mill. Since I already own one I decided to give it away to one of my readers. Click here to enter! It’s been a busy fall,Continue reading “My Garden: Time To Plant Garlic”

Garlic Scape Pesto

Several weeks ago I harvested the scapes from my garlic plants. You want the plant to send all of its energy into bulbs not into a flower producing seeds. So you cut the scapes off. They can be used in many ways, you can cut them up and use them in a stir fry orContinue reading “Garlic Scape Pesto”

My Garden: Abundant Garlic!

Last fall I planted a bed of garlic. It had been years since I’d planted garlic but we use garlic all the time and I was hoping for a good harvest. I kept the bed weeded and watered. I read up on garlic, how to grow it, when to harvest and how to dry it.Continue reading “My Garden: Abundant Garlic!”

My Garden: Planting Garlic

I haven’t grown garlic in years but this year I got my act together and managed to get some planted in the garden before the real snow! I purchased some locally grown garlic so it should do very well in my garden. There are two main types of garlic. Stiffneck and soft neck. Stiffneck garlicContinue reading “My Garden: Planting Garlic”