See the long neck goose looking flower spikes coming out of the garlic?  Those are the scapes.  I love them so much, and wouldn't mind leaving them there, but they are the flower heads, and they draw energy from the plant.  When we grow garlic, we don't want flowers;  we want root bulbs:  garlic.  So I have to cut off the scapes, to redirect the plant's energy to the roots.  It's ok, though, the scapes are edible.  We just cook them like asparagus, and they are delicious.

 

OK, just another month to go before garlic harvest.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!