Garlic Pulled Today

[BigstU]

Today I have pulled my garlic, of the 27 planted last september, 24 remained till today. This was the first time I had ever planted in september, as I had always assumed it was a spring planter, also with poor results. The results speak for themselves this time as I have 24 very good sized garlic laid on the patio

This is something I shall be doing again this year

[Shortie]

That's great BigstU. I'm very envious.... I planted garlic saved from the prvious years planting last ctober but I had chcikens at the time that roamed my garden and they kept pulling them up. I wouldn't have minded if they actually ate them but they'd just leave them lying around each time! Wanten vandelism if you ask me

As such, I have no homegrown garlic this year and will be certainly buying some this autumn to get started

[BigstU]

Not just chickens Shortie, but all birds!!!! Had a similiar prob with mine last year when planted, so I laid a big mesh of sticks over them. That worked! also stopped the darn cats from using the area as a toilet

[CarolineSonning]

I found that suspending some of those useless CD's over the area stopped the birds pretty well.
They are also very good for scraping moss off the patio (so I guess they aren't as useless as I had thought ).

[GardenFan]

I pulled mine up about 3/4 weeks ago, really good result for me as well. Stank the greenhouse drying it and now making some killer garlic bread with basil The wait is well worth it.

[Alice]

Thanks everyone for the garlic news. Mine are still in pots. They haven't gone down yet so will give them a bit longer. First time I have tried them so just a bit of an experiment for me. I have some wild garlic growing on some ground I own ( not in my cultivated garden) so may go and have a look there. It's the first year I have time to bother with such things.
As for those useless CD'S. I used to hand them out in the office for desk coasters. Quite jazzy.

[Slug]

Hi all,

Very excited today as I pulled my 30 garlic bulbs this evening. So proud of them that I thought I'd attach a piccie!!

OK, so maybe nothing to be that proud of, but they're much bigger and better than last year's crop

I'm currently stinking out the utility room to dry them

[GardenFan]

Looking good Slug !!

[Alice]

Thanks for the piccie Slug. The garlic looks good and will keep you going for a while. I can smell it now... mmm...great.

[Slug]

I know.... I can still smell it as I'm typing on the computer - and I've washed and scrubbed my hands!

I'll be popular at work tomorrow

[bramble]

Hi Slug, the garlics looking good. Don't forget to plait it like the French do. Makes it look the real thing.
Enjoy. Gabrielle.

[Slug]

Hi Bramble,

I was planning on making some plaits for the garlic, but I'm not sure if i can do it straight away can I? Do I have to wait for it to dry a bit first? I realise that it has to be floppy still for me to be able to plait, but not sure when is the right time. Some of the stems still seem a bit stiff you see...

[bramble]

Hi Slug, i just plaited mine up anyway and they are now hanging up in OH shed.

[Slug]

Cool... might give mine a go later - see what sort of a mess I can get myself into!!

[smallblueplanet]

How to plait garlic

Check out this site - and show us the photo's when you're done!



will it look like mine?