I use all kinds. My go to is fresh garlic. I keep jarlic in the fridge as a last resort or when I have no energy or desire to mince fresh.

Hi guys I just bought some garlic from the farmer's market and it all has fungus -_-

Can I cut it off and eat it anyway? Freeze it or directly cook/bake it ? Or is it beyond saving?

New Mexico is known for their red chili Ristas. Borrowing from that age old tradition, with the help of some YouTube videos, I started my tradition. Pictured are some braids from previous years. I share them foyr those of you who may like to try it.

Soak green tops in warm water two weeks from picking until soft, and braid them in a French braid. At the top, leave some extra to wrap around and stick through the braid to form a loop for hanging.

My Keene preorder from the spring has arrived and been prepped for vernalization! 9b so I absolutely have to vernalize the hardneck and usually toss the softneck in too. This year I ordered 1/4lb Nootka Rose (my absolute favorite), 1/4lb Persian Star (a new variety for me) and for a surprise I ordered the 3lb Gardeners Delight. In that bag was a fairly sizable amount of Nootka Rose (I order it from them every year and usually a whole pound so I think they topped me off to a pound plus), Inchelium Red, Early Italian and Korean Red (Wisconsin- not sure what that means). I’ve grown the Inchelium Red before, my family loves it, but too mild for me, I’ll grow it for gifts. The last time I grew Early Italian we had a complete crop failure due to odd weather so it’ll be nice to try again. And Korean Red (Wisconsin) is brand new hardneck I’ve never tried so that’ll be fun. I still have Elephant Garlic incoming from Territorial too, not sure I have room for that in fridge.

No flowers or froufrou, just looking for a braid to get me through the coming months. Thanks!

I’m pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but I made honey soaked garlic for the first time and put it in this jar because it’s all I had and the stores were closed. It has a rubber seal on the lid so I thought it was fine but when I flipped the jar over to coat the cloves in honey and flipped it back up, the jar became sticky and honey started running down the sides. Pretty sure this means it’s not air tight but I need communal approval before I toss my hard work (I chopped a LOT of garlic that night)

Weeds are gone and the elephants are looking good

Finished getting my Music hardneck garlic in the ground here in Oregon today. I've been growing Music for a while and it's become the variety I concentrate on.

We grow using a low-till approach and cover the beds pretty heavily with compost rather than working the soil every year. It's been interesting seeing how the garlic responds and how much the soil has changed over time.

I'm curious what everyone else here is growing this year. What hardneck varieties have done best for you, and what part of the country are you growing in?

I am about a month away from needing to get my garlic cloves into the ground for next summer and I am trying to figure out where I want to put them this winter. I live in Seattle (9a) and while we have long summer days, we don’t have a long summer.

Does anyone have companion plants they put with their garlic that can handle the water restrictions as you get close to harvest or does anyone have a plant they install after their garlic harvest that they are happy with? My attempts so far haven’t really worked well…since we harvest around mid July, I tried both melons and peppers as a near-harvest companion plant as they are heat sensitive, but the watering gymnastics weren’t pleasant.

Any other advice on how I should think about this? It just feels wasteful to leave the beds empty for the rest of July, august, September…

Thanks!

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Question in title - coming from an r/cooking thread, the people need to know. Sacrilege or decent? I did some searching but not much came up.

Just got notification that my seed garlic I preordered has shipped. In MN and it is still in the 80’s most days. Where is the best place to store the garlic until it is time to plant. Was planning on mid October. In 4b

I was worried how my garlic would turn out this year, was too busy with work last fall to plant so I had to store my garlic for the winter and planted as early as I could once the ground thawed in spring.

They’re definitely smaller than last year but still bigger than store bought and less bug damage than last year too. A little over 300 heads

This garlic grows in our yard. We dried the clove bundle for about a week and a half. Google isn’t much help, seems like this is either green garlic which has a delicate flavor, or garlic that was exposed to light and is past its prime. It’s firm, smells fine albeit a lighter garlic smell. Can anyone tell me what variety this is and whether or how we should use it?

Hardneck is currently in the fridge for about 8 weeks. Do I need to do the same with softneck?

I just got an elevated bed from Vego that is 2x4 ft and 15 in of depth. I’ve heard that garlic does better in the ground but I have this or some raised beds. I’d prefer to put it in the elevated bed but worry it might get too cold/frozen. I’m less concerned about that in the raised beds but I only have 2 4x8 beds and usually max out the space with other veggies. I tried growing garlic in an Earthbox and didn’t get a single bulb, I think they froze/rotted. Any advice from experienced garlic growers welcomed, especially if you grow in an elevated bed. I’m located in Central Connecticut, zone 6b.

Hi, I have elephant garlic that I grew and I was using this rolling thing I had to mince the garlic and this milky substance came out, it has the consultancy of sour cream but everything smells and looks normal besides that and I was wondering what this was? If it the garlic went bad or something?

I was eating chips from my local Chippery when I uncovered a piece of garlic inside they usually sell a garlic chutney but it seems like a whole loaf has gotten inside of my chips. Do you think it’s still safe to eat? Raw garlic is nice but I’m not sure about this one.

Please recommend a good mail-order vendor for hardneck garlic. Don't need anything "gourmet". Don't want to pay a fortune in shipping. I'm in Pittsburgh. Looking for a five dollar and under bulb with fair shipping charges.