Harvest and Store Garlic

Harvest and Store Garlic

Harvesting Tips:  Harvest garlic when at least the lower half of the green leaves have turned brown.  Loosen the soil all around the garlic bulb with a gardening tool like the CobraHead and then gently pull it out by the stem. If you want to store the garlic bulb as long as possible, try not […]

Nutrition Information for Garlic

Nutrition Information for Garlic

If you are interested in knowing what nutritional value is in vegetables, I thought I would start with garlic.  I am not a scientist but I checked out the available information on the USDA and Wikipedia. Also, I did some rounding.  I am including the items normally listed on the Nutrition Facts Label on food […]

Garlic Varieties

Nootka Rose Garlic

I previously shared that I planted Inchelium Red Garlic.  Today’s article is about another variety of garlic called Nootka Rose. Features: 1) Nootka Rose (a softneck type of garlic) is known for storing the longest at 9 to 12 month. 2) While the cloves are layered like an artichoke garlic, it is a silverskin garlic. […]