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Post by littleminnie on Jul 6, 2012 21:30:03 GMT -5
With the humidity where it is I decided to dry all my garlic in my basement at the same time. I made a drying hammock.   Half of the hammock is Chesnok Red and half is Simonetti. I will be sorting them really soon to reserve the big ones and bring the rest to market. The harvest wasn't as bad as I thought it would be due to how I planted in fall (poor, compacted soil), but I wish there were no little ones.  The rack is the other varieties to keep them marked. |
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Post by potter on Jul 7, 2012 2:27:55 GMT -5
I bet there is nice 'aroma' going around.. ;D Does it drift all the way to the house too..?  I've got first lot drying out in green house on plastic delivery trays..and they stink all the possible bugs and pest out of their 'house'... ;D |
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Post by potter on Jul 7, 2012 2:34:38 GMT -5
"lets see if I can 'dig' photo of mine out and attach it here.." Attachments:
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jul 7, 2012 7:02:35 GMT -5
I adore the aroma of drying garlic. It inspires me to cook great things. The fresh garlic is best for making confit and keeping it in the fridge for cooking. I'm salivating just thinking about the aroma.
Minnie, I think your hammock is pure genius. Good going!
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 7, 2012 17:05:18 GMT -5
I took only garlic to the farmer's market today. I picked it in the morning and was braiding it during market... The most common comment was something along the lines of: "Mmmm. Garlic. Sure smells good."
I have been picking the soft necked garlics, and leaving the hard-necked in the ground. I am removing the bulbils from the seed heads and leaving the flower buds. I'm hoping that will induce them to set true garlic seed.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 7, 2012 21:35:22 GMT -5
I finally did something right. Usually my ideas are hairbrained.  So far it is holding. I should be turning and mixing up the piles but don't want to make a mess. Oh well that is what the broom is for I guess. LOL BTW here is my list of garlic varieties. Some were just a few bulbs. hardneck: Korean Mountain Siberian Metechi Thai German early Purple Glazer Music and lots of Chesnok Red Softnecks: Inchellium red Rosewood Red Toch Nootka Rose Chinese Pink- gets scapes but is a softneck I believe Transylvania lots of Simonetti I didn't like Red Toch and need to look over the others better to see which did well. I liked Rosewood I recall when I pulled them. |
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Greetings from Utah -- James
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Post by James on Oct 30, 2012 9:37:44 GMT -5
If nothing else our Utah dry climate is nice for drying garlic. 15% relative humidity many days this past season. We had a drier than average year. I have wondered how you in more humid areas get things to dry.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 30, 2012 18:59:08 GMT -5
It is humid here but dry when it comes to precip. I think I might set up my pop up greenhouse somewhere in mid summer to dry garlic and onions next summer.
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Post by templeton on Oct 31, 2012 5:46:45 GMT -5
I'm a week or so from pulling my first variety "Queensland"
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The rack is the other varieties to keep them marked. 
So far it is holding. I should be turning and mixing up the piles but don't want to make a mess. Oh well that is what the broom is for I guess. LOL
