2021 garlic harvest. Not as impressive as SIL’s but good anyway.
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That is so nice.
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Thanks - I’ll be able to send you some fresh heads for planting. 
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@Lambchop, thank you.
My very sad harvest, and soon to harvest to date. Most of these are the remaining shallots. I’ve used a lot of tiny green garlic.
Glad to have such small problems in the big picture .
Oh no! But it has been a weird year…however, I know you gave them a lot of loving attention. Maybe 2022 will be better for your garlic.
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How do you get your garlic so beautifully clean? Mine are a dirty mess even after removing the first layer of paper!
I just harvested mine over the weekend - wasn’t a great year, unfortunately. I lost about 50% of the bulbs to rot (though luckily those I did harvest look decent). I think I have been planting too deep - I’m going to plant a cover crop this week to hopefully improve the soil over the next couple of months, and then plant finger-depth instead of my usual 6+ inches this fall.
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@biondanonima - just keep peeling the layers off until the bulbs are clean, there will still be enough layers to morph into papery coverings for the heads.
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Those are gorgeous braids!
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I’ll pass it along to her! She does a great job of it.
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Wow. Garlic art! Beautiful.
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Lovely! Garlic never looked so good!
@Elsieb and @bogman - thank you, I’ll pass your lovely complements on to my sister-in-law. Hers is always an aspirational crop, to be sure!
Has anybody used grocery store shallots to grow? I live in southern AZ and over the years I’ve grown tired of planting the latest, greatest varieties of various edibles, only to have them faint dead away from the heat and drought, or freezing temps. I think my only really good successes were Black Krim tomatoes and garlic chives. I also don’t need pounds of produce (although successful tomatoes would be really nice for a change), just a few to feed the two of us.
So I may be in the wrong stratosphere, with most of the folks here being obviously advanced-to-professional quality gardeners, but thought I’d ask anyway, because I trust you all not to send me a link to the book titled “The $60 Tomato”, which is not only true, it’s an actual book.
BTW- that was one heck of a sentence, if I say so myself
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I have not, but I’m feeling you, at least with regard to heat and drought.
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Yes, last fall, while planting other Alliums, I planted a few shallots bought at Kroger. I don’t know if they were all the same type, but only one did really well and multiplied. I kept some of those to replant.
Like most bulb-forming Alliums, they react to day length when forming bulbs. You may be able to get a recommendation from the local Agricultural Extension service. Otherwise, planting a few store-bought bulbs isn’t a costly experiment.
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That was my thought- at least for an experiment
Not a bad idea. I’ve grown garlic, ginger, and a few other things. Turned out great. Oh, and peanuts (not roasted ones, lol)
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Bed of garlic all planted, mulched and covered with chicken wire (ow squirrels make a mess of the bed burying their goods).
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They don’t bother your parsley?
