We harvested some garlic yesterday, and this is it.  Not as pretty and clean as you can get in the grocery store.  That's because they just came out of the ground.  

 

Garlic needs to sit in a dry place for a couple weeks in order for the papery skin layers to dry.

 

Then we can peel off the dirty outside layers, and reveal the papery white skins you recognize.  Check back, I'll show you when they're done.  

 

Remember when I showed you the garlic scapes?  Look back to May 26, 2019.  I learned that you take off the scapes in order to redirect the plant's energy to the underground bulbs.  Well, I cut most of the scapes, but left a few, to see what they looked like when they bloomed.  When we dug out the bulbs, we noticed that there was a significant difference between the ones with scapes left on.  The bulbs were a lot smaller.  

 

Some of us just have to see it to believe it.

 

 

The bulbs on the left had the scapes removed in May, the ones on the right had the scapes left on to bloom.  Look at the difference!!!  We were surprised at how much of a difference it makes.  Now we know:  remove ALL the scapes.

 

Good lesson.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!