Garlic Harvest 2018

[Shotgun Wedding]

Posted Today, 03:17 PM
Been away working at a pulp mill in Northern Ontario all week, was getting antsy to get the garlic in as I am past the due-date. Got home after midnight last night, slept in a bit and got to it.

I was looking at the radar, rain is a coming and it is always a bad idea to harvest garlic just after a rain as they swell up, then shrink as the cure in the air leaving the skins to crack. So, before the rain this afternoon, they are in!!



And whats a post without a garden tractor!!!

 

[KennyP]

Gotta have the tractor to haul the harvest! Nice looking garlic!

 

[Shotgun Wedding]

Thanks Mr. Kenny!!!!

 

[Texas Horses Hogs and Deeres]

What variety is that? Mom & Dad have 5 different kind growing in their garden.

Very nice crop you havested this year!

Do you hang yours to dry from the tops?

 

[Shotgun Wedding]

Yup, hanging as we speak. Will let them that way for 2 weeks, then clip the dried tops and roots, brush off the dirt and put in the storage for the year.

 

[Shotgun Wedding]

Oh, variety..... Hardneck for sure, but I got them from a Croatian guy over 25 years ago and have been perfecting the genetics since them with selection. In my garden book, I put the variety as "Krupic", which was his last name. He passed away many years ago.

Any lover of garlic will admit that this garlic is a top-notch product, but we don't sell it. It's for us and friends/family only, not sure what will happen to it when we pass from this earth. We have a select few that we've given some to for growing, but they are older than we are!!! I should look into handing them off to someone who would keep it going, because they really are that good!

 

[oldedeeres]

The Vesey's catalogue just came on Friday with garlic on the back page, got me to thinking I should talk with you about the varieties you grow.... then I found this post. Haven't really figured out everything on this site yet, but could you P.M. me about your "Krupic"? I'd love to try some.

 

[Shotgun Wedding]

The Vesey's catalogue just came on Friday with garlic on the back page, got me to thinking I should talk with you about the varieties you grow.... then I found this post. Haven't really figured out everything on this site yet, but could you P.M. me about your "Krupic"? I'd love to try some.

Hey Lorna, I will PM you about the garlic!!!!

 

[Shotgun Wedding]

Garlic after drying with stalks and roots on were trimmed today, roots ripped off by channeling my inner G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip and set in their summer storage rack for sorting later this fall.

 

[Texas Horses Hogs and Deeres]

Boy, you sure have a great setup for handling your garlic. I like the racks.