Dont over stress about the ones that tried to split. Mine where harvested a couple months ago and a few did the same thing. I just used them to roast and some for my oil.
Every time I see your hauls I’m amazed. Evidently I’m one of those people that should be buying from other people. My “garden “got three green beans, four tomatoes, and one okra this year. It’s time to plant another season’s plants now
I have grown stiff neck garlic for 5 years in Iowa. The cool thing about growing garlic is how hands off it is. And we use the plants from that year for the next year. We grow 96 heads of garlic. Each heads produces 5-6 cloves. So we set aside 18 plants to plant in the fall that will grow till next summer. We started this process from one bulb we bought in Galena IL. That year we grew 6, then 12, then 24, then 48, then 96 plants. It’s amazing how so much can come from so little. We find 70 or so bulbs gets us through the year and I thought I used a lot of garlic. I don’t know how you can use 578 plants! But I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Wow all from 1 bulb!! I just planted about 12 in January (I'm in Ireland) and just pulled up 4 bulbs today. Going to put in loads in November and can't wait.
Can you PLEASE tell me what month YOU start planting your garlic. And around what month you harvest them. I was so amazed to see your garlic harvest. So glad I found your channel.
First time viewer. Refreshing format. Great stuff! Thank you for the information. In the first 2 minutes you've exceeded the amount of education offered by most of these garden influencers offer in 35 minute videos. Top tier! You've got my respect and attention! Thank you for the little bit of hope I got!!
WOW, so much garlic!! I just ordered some to try as I have never done it before! For labeling I bought white plastic nursery markers I bought the taller ones I think 6 or 8 inches. I attach the markers higher so it is easier for me to see, if it is on the ground they are hard to find as everything gets taller and they get buried!! On the cattle panel arch I stick on on the post facing the variety and in ground I like using one of the metal straight electric fencing poles and I attach it at the top. This also makes it easier for me to make notes on my garden testing chart (I got the idea from The Seasonal Homestead). I put it into a spreadsheet for myself and hang it on a clipboard in the kitchen so I can mark how much the produce weighs (I am not great at this) but at least if I can mark that we got 10 squashes it helps to know how much we got, if we like the variety, if it did well for us and want to grow it again or not! The clipboard helped a lot as I can take it out to the garden if I want too! Next year, I want to add my garden plan on there too so I can plan things better but we will see I am trying to start a garden journal so I don't forget the varieties of fruit trees/bushes I already have planted.
We have been growing our own garlic since 2000. I bought 1 pound of garlic from a young man at the International Plowing Match (for $1.00) that year in Elora, Ontario, Canada. He taught me the fundamentals of growing and have been growing it ever since. We usually grow about 50 plants which is enough for us and family members. We use our own heads to plant the next year's crop in October which we cover with a very thick layer of straw to protect it during our long, cold winters here in midwestern Ontario,, Canada.
For the garlic preservation: i clean it, chop it in a food processor or not, put it in a jar and fill the jar with olive oil it stays good for a year or even more out or in the refrigerator 🧄🧄🧄🧄
Hi! I’m studying microbiology and I would not recommend this!!!! Garlic stored in olive oil is the perfect oxygen free environment for botulism growth, garlic stored in oil should never be left out at room temperature for more than 2 hours and if stored immediately in the fridge it should be tossed after 2-3 days although rare, botulism poisoning can be really really deadly and I don’t want anyone to get hurt!
@@aliciaschultz309 in Alaska we need to plant by August but my seed ships September 1st...lol so I might squeeze it in just on the tail end of planting season here.
Wow! This is your first year growing garlic!? You jumped into the deep end! The ocean actually! Good on you! And great job! So impressive and you know so much. I'm happy I found you. You're super inspiring!
For your hardneck garlic, they grow garlic scapes up the center of the stalk that I think produce cloves if you do not prune them off. I've read that pruning is recommended for your garlic to put it's energy into forming the bulbs. The garlic scapes are delicious so definitely don't throw them away if you prune them off next time!
@@AcreHomestead Yes. Its a really prized herb in asian cooking that is very seasonal. Sometimes called spring garlic or green garlic. The same is true for the flowers. Search 'green garlic recipe' for ideas.
I've never grown garlic before but I'm wanting to. I can't believe you planted over 500 for the first year, or any year lol! You are going to be so busy for awhile. I'm anxious to see what you do with it. I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to grow it. I'm thinking in one of my containers so that it won't interfere with my spring planting.
I grew garlic for the first time this year and planted it in one of my raised beds. Nothing seemed to bother it (deer or rabbits) so this fall I am going to plant it out in my landscape so I’m not using up one of my raised beds.
Make sure container is buried in the ground as the garlic might freeze...the container freezes faster and harder than the ground so the plant does not have time to adjust and go completely dormant
I live in a village in rural Croatia and we grow a lot of our own food. The soil here is naturally extremely fertile and the season long and fairly perfect for agriculture so most people grow their own vegetables, roots, fruits and berries et cetera and this is our habit too, but I don't seem able to grow garlic and I love garlic! I need to learn a bit more. I planted garlic cloves in the autumn and in the summer they all are one, onion-shaped clove. I left them in the ground. We'll see how they develop (if they do). I had no idea there are garlics that have different growing stages as explained in this video. Very interesting.
@@kaymack5304 Thanks for this info, I was wondering if deer or rabbits would eat the garlic cloves... I'm planning to plant garlic this fall, my first time ever. :)
I had some of the weird little baby cloves in some me of my stalks of garlic as well. I wasn’t quite sure what they were or what had caused them and I haven’t had a chance to look it up so I’m glad you addressed it in this video.
A standing ovation for your unwavering commitment to excellence, my friend! Your videos are a testament to the hard work and perseverance you exhibit. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
You’re a breath of fresh air ..I planted some garlic first time this year and but it was only a pot of them and I haven’t harvested.. some wonderful ideas and as well and when to take them out and I thank you and I love you enthusiasm …that’s great …thank you
I grew garlic for the first time last year, 4 different varieties all hard neck. I grew a total of 141 bulbs. I had great soil and soaked them in seaweed solution the night before planting. This year I have 290 cloves planted and 13 elephant garlics. Elephant garlic is not a true garlic and is more from the leek family. I hung mine in bunches of 6 and my shed looked like the hanging gardens of garlic. You’ll definitely not have vampires visiting 😂
Caroline, would you mind sharing what preserving methods you used for the 141 heads and how long it lasted you? I am trying to gauge how much I should be growing to have enough for a year.
@@katiejones9106 I hung it to dry. Then when the stalks had dried off, I cut the stalks and the roots off. And cleaned them up. I gave away a bit as whole bulbs and then the rest I left in a dark dry area. I had enough to plant for the next year. To work out how much you need to grow, work out roughly how much you go through in a week then multiply that by 52. If you want to grow more for family and friends add another 20% - 30% Make sure you have good soil, plenty of manure,compost and good drainage. You’ll only get good results with anything you grow with good soil.
@@whatshername369 I gave some away, I sent 18 cloves to m,y friend who gave me 2 varieties to grow. Her crop failed so I helped her by replacing what she gave me and a bit more. I also grew a variety she didn’t have so she got some of that as well. I have had people wanting to buy from me so I’m growing extra to sell this year. As well as have some for myself.
I love peeling the cloves and purée them in food processor with some olive oil . It can keep in jar in the fridge for more than a month for sure when topped with extra olive oil. U can definitely freeze some of the jars this way or freeze the mixture in ice tray to have the cubes ready to use directly from the freezer to ur pan
Fantastic garlic harvest! I would not recommend freezing garlic. It really lose the garlic flavor. After curing remember to save your largest garlic heads to plant this fall. The larger the clove you plant the larger the garlic head will grow. I just love your enthusiasm and happy gardening!
I’ve only ordered “seed” garlic once & am actually considering ordering again this year. When I went to one of the local nurseries, who’ve been in business for decades, the owner told me “don’t waste your money on seed garlic, just buy a bunch of garlic from the grocery store & plant that” Then each year, I saved enough of my garlic, as my own seeds This year’s garlic crop was a flop. All my fault. We got that 2 week deep freeze & I lost most of it. I should’ve put a heavy mulch on it
I guess seed garlic is guaranteed not to have a virus that can live in your soil if you buy form the store... Sorry for the late reply! but i have heard that same thing
I just stumbled upon this video. I disagree with just using store bought garlic. I've been growing garlic for years. Started out using grocery store garlic. The bulbs were not impressive at all. The flavor was generic. Then I started buying seed garlic online and that was so much larger than store bought. The resulting garlic bulbs from seed garlic cloves were so much larger as well. I am now at a point where I save my largest bulbs to plant the following fall. The flavor is fantastic, the bulbs are large and I get more variety.
This may be a bit of a fangirl moment, but you are my favorite TH-camr! It is for many reasons (some silly, some legit) that I say this. I feel a bit of a kindred spirit in you. I would love to figure out a way to collaborate! Anyway, much respect, great job, and I look forward to many more videos from you. ❤
This is why I love watching opposite season channels, so funny to see you harvesting what I have just planted (2 weeks ago - albeit a bit later than I would like)! Unfortunately I had no budget to buy seed garlic this year, but I did have the left over cloves from last years (previous property) elephant garlic harvest to plant - can't wait for January when they will be ready to harvest (assuming they sprout!). Slow roasted elephant garlic is THE. BEST. THING. EVER!!
Becky, your energy is so contagious. Love your ideas, info and all your videos that I've seen so far. How about dehydrating some garlic also. Love it in dips for chips. Looking forward to see what you do with your Garlic harvest. Thanks girl, you're awesome 👌.
In Australia in my hot State not many veggies like to grow or herbs. In my small garden I plant flowers and now organising my garden for roses . When I watch some channels and see amazing crops people harvesting like you I am jealous =)
My father used to grow garlic . In his garden. His philosophy was planted and let nature take it’s course. When he became too ill to tend to the garden my husband and I just let it go because we didn’t have the time. Once my father passed, I went out and checked the garden and it was half garlic and half mint with one Lone sage plant. I harvested about a quarter of each crop and had enough to last two years.
I hope you also use the green part. I grow garlic mainly for the green part and use it like green onions. I add it to soups, rice, noodles or cut small pieces and mix with cottage choose and put on bread 🍞. It is also great with scramble eggs.
When I was young me and my best friend would go out in a huge wild field behind our houses and pull up and eat the wild garlic raw... My mom hated it when I came home from playing bc we would both stink like crazy!! We also had a wild pear tree behind our house and would eat the hard little pears.
My grandmother could smell me eating garlic days before I ever went to her house I couldn't understand it. She was like I swear you smell like garlic. And I would say Mimi, you realize I'm Italian and it's in my blood... 🖖😏🤔🤣
Wow, what an amazing harvest for your first year!! The little bulbs that you found growing on the outside of some of the garlic are called corms. Plant them in a separate bed. They will produce a single bulb next year and then a big bulb with multiple cloves the follow year. I recently found your channel and absolutely love your energy.
Wow! Looks great! Can’t wait to see how your preserve them, I would love to learn new methods other than just leaving them as whole heads! I grew 12 garlic heads this year (1 for each month) and that’s all I can consume haha!
Gardening is so intmedidatinf for some reson but it seem way easy when i see your videos! I'm trying to grow garlic hope it works!! Also can you include when you started planting them like the other videos it made it easier to understand the whole planting months, i know it might be different where i am but at least to understand what is winter/summer/fall/spring crops and the cover methoud where you plant somthing to prepare your bed for next seasons *i'm still trying to understand them and your videos helped a lot thank you*
We need to leave our garlic 10 months here. I plant in early November and harvest them in July. After the scapes grow, we cut them off and stop watering them.
Farming in its vital role as a food supplier is correctly known as one of the most dignified forms of employment, plus it's useful and conducive for good health. Keep it on dear
This was my first year growing garlic. I planted seed garlic and when I harvested it almost all of them are just a bulb of garlic. (I'm not talking about Elephant Garlic) No one has been able to answer my question about not getting cloves. Thank you for your informative video.
Becky I love love love your channel and content! I’ve learned so much and I’ve only discovered your channel a few weeks ago! I can’t wait to finally start canning and preserving!
Impressed by the great variety of garlic there is😲🧄 In my region of Spain, my town specifically "Las Pedroñeras" which is considered (The Garlic Capital of the world) for having the best garlic in the world🧄🌍💪 four varieties are treated: -The first one is of course "purple" (the best in the world) and the most valid when it comes to cooking for its very powerful flavor💪 -Then there is the cheap copy "the Chinese violet" fatter, but of much worse quality (and of course it is not original from the area ...) -Then we have "traditional white garlic" also original to the area, it does not have a flavor as powerful as purple, although it is also quite good for cooking💪 And finally there is "spring white" (it would also be the cheap copy of "traditional white garlic" also comes from China and is of poorer quality ... As you can see, the Chinese begin to be in everything🙄🙄 that later causes, that those who do not understand much about garlic, get confused and buy "Chinese violet" instead of "the native purple of the Pedroñeras" since in addition "the Chinese violet "has purple layers and" the purple garlic of the Pedroñeras "has white ones, which if it has purple are the teeth (the seeds). And with "traditional white garlic" and "spring white garlic" because they also tend to have confusion ... And that can cause the native garlic to begin to be endangered little by little😨 (but that's another topic😅) If you are interested in the subject of garlic, look on the internet: "purple garlic from Las Pedroñeras "Get informed and you will see how that town is considered (The garlic capital of the world) for having the best garlic in the world🧄🌍💪 Greetings from Spain💪😄🇪🇸
I wish Spain provided the worlds garlic instead of China. I saw a documentary on garlic once and not once was Spain mentioned. China’s industry enslaves their prisoners. Very sad.
@@betsyburton538 Yes it's sad😟 And it is amazing that in a garlic documentary, Spain is not mentioned even once😳 Despite that, I will emphasize one important thing, we still have (the best garlic in the world🧄🌍💪) and as much as China controls the world garlic market, that specifically will not have it (supposedly) since The climate of our region also has properties that make our garlic have a quality without competition🧄💪 I left you a link on how to distinguish "purple garlic from Las Pedroñeras" but I could not publish the link correctly, it was this: imperiogarlic en / purple-garlic-differences / Also if you can watch a video that I just uploaded to my channel, so you can see what a real "purple garlic from Las Pedroñeras" is like. The specific head that I selected is too small, but what is interesting is appreciated, for you to recognize it😉 Greetings from the (garlic capital of the world🧄🌍💪) "Las Pedroñeras" a small town in "La Mancha" Spain🇪🇸💪
@@parkerpetersp9479 so I am not really tech savvy. Can you link your channel to me somehow. I could not find anything doing a really basic search (which is all I know how to do lol)
Someone probably tol you already, but the smaller odd placed cloves are corms. If you plant them it will take a year or two for them to get big and produce cloves. Replant your garlic in the same bed.
Most Excellent Video. Garlic is my Favorite Vegetable!!! :D I use a ton of it during the year. My Huband says Garlic soup would need more Garlic. He's finally right!!
Wow, great harvest Becky! This is my first year of growing garlic (or anything really 😉) in Australia. Due to limited space, I planted 2 heads of garlic and we harvested 19 heads of beautiful garlic yesterday... I'm very impressed at how easy it is to grow and proud of my achievement as should you be 😊
Love this. Just think of all the things you can make using garlic One of the things I would be making would be garlic oil, which is olive oil, minced garlic, and dried thyme made in a glass jar and kept unused for a couple of weeks to really infuse the oil with the garlic, for garlic knots.
We love garlic and eat it every day, it's good for health. Thanks for this inspirational video. We're definitely going to try growing garlic this fall.
Dont over stress about the ones that tried to split. Mine where harvested a couple months ago and a few did the same thing. I just used them to roast and some for my oil.
I love this from you darling friend 😊
Your energy and willingness to try big new projects, makes me want to get up and get busy!
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Becky, time with u is always rewarding! Love ya
Every time I see your hauls I’m amazed. Evidently I’m one of those people that should be buying from other people. My “garden “got three green beans, four tomatoes, and one okra this year. It’s time to plant another season’s plants now
I got 6 tomatoes and 4 jalapenos. SUCCESS! :)
My tomatoes did ok this year but horn worms got them
@Linda Foster You and me both. Harvested 13 small chilis last year, and for me that was a bumper crop! lol
Sound like my garden as well!!
I have grown stiff neck garlic for 5 years in Iowa. The cool thing about growing garlic is how hands off it is. And we use the plants from that year for the next year. We grow 96 heads of garlic. Each heads produces 5-6 cloves. So we set aside 18 plants to plant in the fall that will grow till next summer. We started this process from one bulb we bought in Galena IL. That year we grew 6, then 12, then 24, then 48, then 96 plants. It’s amazing how so much can come from so little. We find 70 or so bulbs gets us through the year and I thought I used a lot of garlic. I don’t know how you can use 578 plants! But I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Wow all from 1 bulb!! I just planted about 12 in January (I'm in Ireland) and just pulled up 4 bulbs today. Going to put in loads in November and can't wait.
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Can you PLEASE tell me what month YOU start planting your garlic. And around what month you harvest them. I was so amazed to see your garlic harvest. So glad I found your channel.
First time viewer. Refreshing format. Great stuff! Thank you for the information. In the first 2 minutes you've exceeded the amount of education offered by most of these garden influencers offer in 35 minute videos.
Top tier! You've got my respect and attention! Thank you for the little bit of hope I got!!
WOW, so much garlic!! I just ordered some to try as I have never done it before! For labeling I bought white plastic nursery markers I bought the taller ones I think 6 or 8 inches. I attach the markers higher so it is easier for me to see, if it is on the ground they are hard to find as everything gets taller and they get buried!! On the cattle panel arch I stick on on the post facing the variety and in ground I like using one of the metal straight electric fencing poles and I attach it at the top. This also makes it easier for me to make notes on my garden testing chart (I got the idea from The Seasonal Homestead). I put it into a spreadsheet for myself and hang it on a clipboard in the kitchen so I can mark how much the produce weighs (I am not great at this) but at least if I can mark that we got 10 squashes it helps to know how much we got, if we like the variety, if it did well for us and want to grow it again or not! The clipboard helped a lot as I can take it out to the garden if I want too! Next year, I want to add my garden plan on there too so I can plan things better but we will see I am trying to start a garden journal so I don't forget the varieties of fruit trees/bushes I already have planted.
Abby That is a great idea!! Thank you! Sorry for the late reply!
You did great Becky, first year or not. You’ve spend the time researching and it is reaping the rewards! Harvesting ours very soon here in England
We have been growing our own garlic since 2000. I bought 1 pound of garlic from a young man at the International Plowing Match (for $1.00) that year in Elora, Ontario, Canada. He taught me the fundamentals of growing and have been growing it ever since. We usually grow about 50 plants which is enough for us and family members. We use our own heads to plant the next year's crop in October which we cover with a very thick layer of straw to protect it during our long, cold winters here in midwestern Ontario,, Canada.
That is amazing!! Thank you for sharing :)
For the garlic preservation: i clean it, chop it in a food processor or not, put it in a jar and fill the jar with olive oil it stays good for a year or even more out or in the refrigerator 🧄🧄🧄🧄
Be careful with garlic in olive oil unrefridgerated - it can grow botulism pretty easily. www.canr.msu.edu/news/stinking_facts_about_garlic
Hi! I’m studying microbiology and I would not recommend this!!!! Garlic stored in olive oil is the perfect oxygen free environment for botulism growth, garlic stored in oil should never be left out at room temperature for more than 2 hours and if stored immediately in the fridge it should be tossed after 2-3 days although rare, botulism poisoning can be really really deadly and I don’t want anyone to get hurt!
@@karesdesk5078 😱😱😱 i will do more research on that. Thanks
Wow thank you so much!! I had no idea!!
Well done Becky amazing harvest of garlic. 🧄🏆🥇
Thank you!
Seed garlic? Just save your biggest heads, break them into bulbs and plant this fall.
thanx for tip.
That was my one question..when do you plant?
@@aliciaschultz309 plant in October or November before the ground freezes.
@@aliciaschultz309 in Alaska we need to plant by August but my seed ships September 1st...lol so I might squeeze it in just on the tail end of planting season here.
Wow! This is your first year growing garlic!? You jumped into the deep end! The ocean actually! Good on you! And great job! So impressive and you know so much. I'm happy I found you. You're super inspiring!
Haha that’s kind of what I do lol thanks :)
For your hardneck garlic, they grow garlic scapes up the center of the stalk that I think produce cloves if you do not prune them off. I've read that pruning is recommended for your garlic to put it's energy into forming the bulbs. The garlic scapes are delicious so definitely don't throw them away if you prune them off next time!
That's what I thought too
She did a video about pruning and drying the scapes. She knew she missed a few. She ended up turning it into garlic salt. Pretty neat!
@@tiffanyschuna3484 I haven't seen that video. That sounds like a cool idea for them! I used mine to make garlic herb butter!
I also enjoy growing garlics. You present your experience with enthusiasum and clairity. Keep climbing!
The leaves taste amazing.. Fresh, Frozen and dried like any herb. makes a great pesto too. Just get rid of the dry ones. and snip before curing.
Oh really?!
@@AcreHomestead Yes. Its a really prized herb in asian cooking that is very seasonal. Sometimes called spring garlic or green garlic. The same is true for the flowers. Search 'green garlic recipe' for ideas.
I've never grown garlic before but I'm wanting to. I can't believe you planted over 500 for the first year, or any year lol! You are going to be so busy for awhile. I'm anxious to see what you do with it. I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to grow it. I'm thinking in one of my containers so that it won't interfere with my spring planting.
I grew garlic for the first time this year and planted it in one of my raised beds. Nothing seemed to bother it (deer or rabbits) so this fall I am going to plant it out in my landscape so I’m not using up one of my raised beds.
Make sure container is buried in the ground as the garlic might freeze...the container freezes faster and harder than the ground so the plant does not have time to adjust and go completely dormant
@@momc1134 good to know. The container was was going to use wouldn’t be buried in the ground. I will plant them somewhere else.
I live in a village in rural Croatia and we grow a lot of our own food. The soil here is naturally extremely fertile and the season long and fairly perfect for agriculture so most people grow their own vegetables, roots, fruits and berries et cetera and this is our habit too, but I don't seem able to grow garlic and I love garlic! I need to learn a bit more. I planted garlic cloves in the autumn and in the summer they all are one, onion-shaped clove. I left them in the ground. We'll see how they develop (if they do). I had no idea there are garlics that have different growing stages as explained in this video. Very interesting.
@@kaymack5304 Thanks for this info, I was wondering if deer or rabbits would eat the garlic cloves... I'm planning to plant garlic this fall, my first time ever. :)
That looks like a great garlic 🧄 harvest. I know I dehydrated and ground for garlic powder when I got 1 lb of garlic and it has lasted quite awhile!!
Do you remember how much ground garlic came from the one pound of fresh by weight or volume?
@@katiejones9106 I think about half of a pint
Go big or go home. That is a lot of garlic. Looking forward to how you go about persevering it.
I had some of the weird little baby cloves in some me of my stalks of garlic as well. I wasn’t quite sure what they were or what had caused them and I haven’t had a chance to look it up so I’m glad you addressed it in this video.
Leslie why don’t you experiment and grow the little bulbs
@@chezziebruce5624 that’s an interesting thought I might have to try that.
I'm growing garlic around my rosebush just to fight against aphids and to help my roses smell even better. Getting garlic out of it is a big bonus!
I haven't grown garlic, just don't have the space but this is so inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
I just planted mine along the outside of my raised beds and some in pots.
I grow it in fabric grow bags
A standing ovation for your unwavering commitment to excellence, my friend! Your videos are a testament to the hard work and perseverance you exhibit. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
You’re a breath of fresh air ..I planted some garlic first time this year and but it was only a pot of them and I haven’t harvested.. some wonderful ideas and as well and when to take them out and I thank you and I love you enthusiasm …that’s great …thank you
Wow ! You have enough garlic for entire army! Love garlic and love your video, very proud of you 👍
Mon & Dad it is always so nice 2 spend time with u. Now i no where Becky gets all that energy! Love u guys. God bless
Hi! Just curious…were you homeschooled? I’m very happy for you about your garlic harvest! What beauties! Your joy is contagious.
i was through part of high-school then private high-school.
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I grew garlic for the first time last year, 4 different varieties all hard neck. I grew a total of 141 bulbs. I had great soil and soaked them in seaweed solution the night before planting. This year I have 290 cloves planted and 13 elephant garlics. Elephant garlic is not a true garlic and is more from the leek family. I hung mine in bunches of 6 and my shed looked like the hanging gardens of garlic. You’ll definitely not have vampires visiting 😂
Caroline, would you mind sharing what preserving methods you used for the 141 heads and how long it lasted you? I am trying to gauge how much I should be growing to have enough for a year.
"Hanging Gardens of Garlic" I love that! What are you going to do with all that garlic?
@@katiejones9106 I hung it to dry. Then when the stalks had dried off, I cut the stalks and the roots off. And cleaned them up. I gave away a bit as whole bulbs and then the rest I left in a dark dry area. I had enough to plant for the next year. To work out how much you need to grow, work out roughly how much you go through in a week then multiply that by 52. If you want to grow more for family and friends add another 20% - 30%
Make sure you have good soil, plenty of manure,compost and good drainage. You’ll only get good results with anything you grow with good soil.
@@whatshername369 I gave some away, I sent 18 cloves to m,y friend who gave me 2 varieties to grow. Her crop failed so I helped her by replacing what she gave me and a bit more. I also grew a variety she didn’t have so she got some of that as well. I have had people wanting to buy from me so I’m growing extra to sell this year. As well as have some for myself.
to be fair, garlic and leeks are both alliums (as well as onions, shallots, etc)
I am going to be binge watching your channel and taking loads of notes!! Definitely want a fully functioning garden next year! I'm in awe of yours!!
Thank You this was lots of FUN.👍🌅🙏🌅Thanks I love your enthusiasm‼️👍
I love your videos you are a natural at it. Very detailed and informative. Your fun to watch too.
I love peeling the cloves and purée them in food processor with some olive oil . It can keep in jar in the fridge for more than a month for sure when topped with extra olive oil. U can definitely freeze some of the jars this way or freeze the mixture in ice tray to have the cubes ready to use directly from the freezer to ur pan
WOW YOU SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT GARDENING EXCELLENT LOVE THOSE GARLIC
I love your gardening videos so much. Truly a delight
Thank you :)
Fantastic garlic harvest! I would not recommend freezing garlic. It really lose the garlic flavor. After curing remember to save your largest garlic heads to plant this fall. The larger the clove you plant the larger the garlic head will grow. I just love your enthusiasm and happy gardening!
Thanks for the tips!
Your channel is growing so fast now! I'm so glad people have found you. Congratulations!
All that «Garlic Grass» would be perfect to cut off, chop up and freeze. It’s just soooo sweet and great to use in salads, soups etc❣️👏👏👏💚🤗
Amazing harvest Becky 🌸🦋🌸
I just started to ferment my own honey garlic!!! Hope all your preservation methods work in your upcoming video🙂.
Love the enthusiasm and hard work
I’ve only ordered “seed” garlic once & am actually considering ordering again this year. When I went to one of the local nurseries, who’ve been in business for decades, the owner told me “don’t waste your money on seed garlic, just buy a bunch of garlic from the grocery store & plant that”
Then each year, I saved enough of my garlic, as my own seeds
This year’s garlic crop was a flop. All my fault. We got that 2 week deep freeze & I lost most of it. I should’ve put a heavy mulch on it
I guess seed garlic is guaranteed not to have a virus that can live in your soil if you buy form the store... Sorry for the late reply! but i have heard that same thing
I just stumbled upon this video. I disagree with just using store bought garlic. I've been growing garlic for years. Started out using grocery store garlic. The bulbs were not impressive at all. The flavor was generic. Then I started buying seed garlic online and that was so much larger than store bought. The resulting garlic bulbs from seed garlic cloves were so much larger as well. I am now at a point where I save my largest bulbs to plant the following fall. The flavor is fantastic, the bulbs are large and I get more variety.
Thank you so much for the video your energy is contagious.
This may be a bit of a fangirl moment, but you are my favorite TH-camr! It is for many reasons (some silly, some legit) that I say this. I feel a bit of a kindred spirit in you. I would love to figure out a way to collaborate! Anyway, much respect, great job, and I look forward to many more videos from you. ❤
Isn’t it lovely!
This is why I love watching opposite season channels, so funny to see you harvesting what I have just planted (2 weeks ago - albeit a bit later than I would like)! Unfortunately I had no budget to buy seed garlic this year, but I did have the left over cloves from last years (previous property) elephant garlic harvest to plant - can't wait for January when they will be ready to harvest (assuming they sprout!). Slow roasted elephant garlic is THE. BEST. THING. EVER!!
Ooo, that sounds really good!
Amazing! Garlics in your fingertips! Throughout the world!Congrats!
You are my kind of people. I literally want to be your personal friend.
That would be awesome!
the side by side comparison is really helpful
I’m glad :)
Becky, your energy is so contagious. Love your ideas, info and all your videos that I've seen so far. How about dehydrating some garlic also. Love it in dips for chips. Looking forward to see what you do with your Garlic harvest. Thanks girl, you're awesome 👌.
thank you!!!
In Australia in my hot State not many veggies like to grow or herbs. In my small garden I plant flowers and now organising my garden for roses . When I watch some channels and see amazing crops people harvesting like you I am jealous =)
I totally get that! I feel that way when I see people with dairy cows lol
That is a ton of garlic! Last year I bought garlic from the grocery store and planted and got a great crop. Paid 50 cents and got 35 garlic bulbs.
I should try that! Sorry for the late reply!
You did very well for a first timer
I love to mince the garlic and fry it until brown with light olive oil....garlic oil to put in noodles...also fried with Thai chilies to spice it up.
Awesome job. Get ready to plant mines for next year.
That’s great! Great job! Growing garlic is so satisfying.
I loved it!
I never saw a preserving your garlic video. I definitely need a garlic bed next year!!!
Holy moly that’s a lot of garlic 🧄 You’re a great gardener.
My father used to grow garlic . In his garden. His philosophy was planted and let nature take it’s course. When he became too ill to tend to the garden my husband and I just let it go because we didn’t have the time. Once my father passed, I went out and checked the garden and it was half garlic and half mint with one Lone sage plant. I harvested about a quarter of each crop and had enough to last two years.
Wow Phyllis thank you for sharing your beautiful story with me :)
We love garlic at our house! Thanks for sharing!
We do too!
Your..very enthus iast growing garlic
You are an absolute blessing and a joy to watch your channel....your energy is contagious....
Thank you so much 🤗
Anything You Grow! It will be Beautiful! 🙂
Super fun to see your garlic haul! Wow! Keep it up. I really enjoy your company and energy.
I hope you also use the green part. I grow garlic mainly for the green part and use it like green onions. I add it to soups, rice, noodles or cut small pieces and mix with cottage choose and put on bread 🍞. It is also great with scramble eggs.
Amazing crop of garlic... loved watching your video thanks for sharing
When I was young me and my best friend would go out in a huge wild field behind our houses and pull up and eat the wild garlic raw... My mom hated it when I came home from playing bc we would both stink like crazy!! We also had a wild pear tree behind our house and would eat the hard little pears.
thatll keep the vampires away.
My grandmother could smell me eating garlic days before I ever went to her house I couldn't understand it. She was like I swear you smell like garlic. And I would say Mimi, you realize I'm Italian and it's in my blood... 🖖😏🤔🤣
I love garlic!! Thanks for sharing that! Sorry for the late reply!
Wow, what an amazing harvest for your first year!! The little bulbs that you found growing on the outside of some of the garlic are called corms. Plant them in a separate bed. They will produce a single bulb next year and then a big bulb with multiple cloves the follow year. I recently found your channel and absolutely love your energy.
Wow! Looks great! Can’t wait to see how your preserve them, I would love to learn new methods other than just leaving them as whole heads! I grew 12 garlic heads this year (1 for each month) and that’s all I can consume haha!
Haha that sounds like a way more reasonable amount lol Sorry for the late reply!
Thanks for that very good info watching from antique, Philippines
Stoked for the follow up videos on what you're going to do with all this garlic!
Sending love from 🇨🇦
Gardening is so intmedidatinf for some reson but it seem way easy when i see your videos!
I'm trying to grow garlic hope it works!!
Also can you include when you started planting them like the other videos it made it easier to understand the whole planting months, i know it might be different where i am but at least to understand what is winter/summer/fall/spring crops and the cover methoud where you plant somthing to prepare your bed for next seasons
*i'm still trying to understand them and your videos helped a lot thank you*
We need to leave our garlic 10 months here. I plant in early November and harvest them in July. After the scapes grow, we cut them off and stop watering them.
Farming in its vital role as a food supplier is correctly known as one of the most dignified forms of employment, plus it's useful and conducive for good health. Keep it on dear
This was my first year growing garlic. I planted seed garlic and when I harvested it almost all of them are just a bulb of garlic. (I'm not talking about Elephant Garlic) No one has been able to answer my question about not getting cloves. Thank you for your informative video.
Thanks Becky 7-21-2021
Just subscribed n am soo amazed by your understanding of farm products. Good work
We started buying garlic from organic gardeners locally for seed for this year! You did great! I'd call it a total win!!!
Becky you are a great gardener for only being a couple years in, well done!!!!
Thanks so much!
That’s a LOT of garlic! You have a green thumb for sure! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
Wow, great harvesting, you are so good, keep on growing 👌❤
Thank you!
Becky I love love love your channel and content! I’ve learned so much and I’ve only discovered your channel a few weeks ago! I can’t wait to finally start canning and preserving!
Threw some garlic from the store in the ground in November. They all grew. Kinda fun on a whim.
That’s so fun
Impressed by the great variety of garlic there is😲🧄
In my region of Spain, my town specifically "Las Pedroñeras" which is considered (The Garlic Capital of the world) for having the best garlic in the world🧄🌍💪 four varieties are treated:
-The first one is of course "purple" (the best in the world) and the most valid when it comes to cooking for its very powerful flavor💪
-Then there is the cheap copy "the Chinese violet" fatter, but of much worse quality (and of course it is not original from the area ...)
-Then we have "traditional white garlic" also original to the area, it does not have a flavor as powerful as purple, although it is also quite good for cooking💪
And finally there is "spring white" (it would also be the cheap copy of "traditional white garlic" also comes from China and is of poorer quality ...
As you can see, the Chinese begin to be in everything🙄🙄 that later causes, that those who do not understand much about garlic, get confused and buy "Chinese violet" instead of "the native purple of the Pedroñeras" since in addition "the Chinese violet "has purple layers and" the purple garlic of the Pedroñeras "has white ones, which if it has purple are the teeth (the seeds). And with "traditional white garlic" and "spring white garlic" because they also tend to have confusion ... And that can cause the native garlic to begin to be endangered little by little😨
(but that's another topic😅)
If you are interested in the subject of garlic, look on the internet: "purple garlic from Las Pedroñeras "Get informed and you will see how that town is considered (The garlic capital of the world) for having the best garlic in the world🧄🌍💪
Greetings from Spain💪😄🇪🇸
I wish Spain provided the worlds garlic instead of China. I saw a documentary on garlic once and not once was Spain mentioned. China’s industry enslaves their prisoners. Very sad.
@@betsyburton538 Yes it's sad😟
And it is amazing that in a garlic documentary, Spain is not mentioned even once😳
Despite that, I will emphasize one important thing, we still have (the best garlic in the world🧄🌍💪) and as much as China controls the world garlic market, that specifically will not have it (supposedly) since The climate of our region also has properties that make our garlic have a quality without competition🧄💪
I left you a link on how to distinguish "purple garlic from Las Pedroñeras" but I could not publish the link correctly, it was this:
imperiogarlic en / purple-garlic-differences /
Also if you can watch a video that I just uploaded to my channel, so you can see what a real "purple garlic from Las Pedroñeras" is like.
The specific head that I selected is too small, but what is interesting is appreciated, for you to recognize it😉
Greetings from the (garlic capital of the world🧄🌍💪) "Las Pedroñeras" a small town in "La Mancha" Spain🇪🇸💪
Wow this is amazing!! Thank you so very much for taking the time to share! Sorry for the late reply!
@@parkerpetersp9479 so I am not really tech savvy. Can you link your channel to me somehow. I could not find anything doing a really basic search (which is all I know how to do lol)
@@AcreHomestead It was a pleasure🧄💪
Wow i strive to have this much garlic in the future!!. Great job.
Someone probably tol you already, but the smaller odd placed cloves are corms. If you plant them it will take a year or two for them to get big and produce cloves. Replant your garlic in the same bed.
This would be great in the "gardening tips" playlist! I had a question while I was watching this but now I cant remember it....🤦🏼♀️
You made me regret not holding out for a home with a big yard. Fabulous video.
Such a great harvest!! I'm so glad you are doing the honey ferment, I just found it and want to try it this year.
Most Excellent Video. Garlic is my Favorite Vegetable!!! :D I use a ton of it during the year. My Huband says Garlic soup would need more Garlic. He's finally right!!
Delightful , Thank you!
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awesome haul well done
Awesome job ur doing well.im learning so much from u
Cant wait to see after the curing step
Wow, great harvest Becky!
This is my first year of growing garlic (or anything really 😉) in Australia. Due to limited space, I planted 2 heads of garlic and we harvested 19 heads of beautiful garlic yesterday... I'm very impressed at how easy it is to grow and proud of my achievement as should you be 😊
Love this. Just think of all the things you can make using garlic One of the things I would be making would be garlic oil, which is olive oil, minced garlic, and dried thyme made in a glass jar and kept unused for a couple of weeks to really infuse the oil with the garlic, for garlic knots.
I harvested the green leaves and scissor cut them into two inch pieces for stirfry. Dehydrating is easy!
We love garlic and eat it every day, it's good for health. Thanks for this inspirational video. We're definitely going to try growing garlic this fall.
Wow very useful video ..nice cultivation garlic
Thank you so much. INDONESIA nyimak.
Wow, Becky! Super impressive!
Thank you! 😊
Hey Friend...you may not 'know' what you're doing...but what you did worked!! That is an awesome harvest!!! Congrats!!!
Thank you Pam :)