What are garlic scapes and how do you use them? If you grow hardneck garlic and have planted it in the fall in July you’ll start seeing these weird loops. These loops are called garlic scapes. If the scapes are not harvested they form a flower or bulbils. Inside these bulbils are “seeds” and they…
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Growing Garlic
Growing garlic is quite easy once you know all the tips and tricks. I have grown garlic both in the ground and in raised beds. Both methods have produced nice heads of garlic. There are quite a few steps and it is a year long project, but the efforts will reward you with amazing tasting…
Types of Garlic
There are 11 types of garlic and 2 main varieties: hardneck and softneck. Each type of garlic has many “species” or “kinds” so there are tons of different garlic. Garlic flavor is subjective so experiment and try a few kinds to find the kind you enjoy the most. Each type has a different storage period….
Scape? What’s a Scape?
It’s the start of garlic season in Manitoba and there’s tons of questions on Facebook about what garlic scapes are. This kind of scape is not a scape goat, this scape is delicious in many different ways. How to use scapes? Pesto, Relish , in stir fries, Pickled Scapes (this recipes is for beans, so…
Garlic!
Garlic is something I have just started to plant. This year will be my 3rd year growing garlic, and second year growing in my rental garden. I’m growing small amounts and slowly increasing the amount I grow ever year. I grow both softneck and hardneck garlic. Softneck garlics are used in braiding and hardneck garlic…
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