(Janice Stevens – WSUF – 10/13/09)
I have been slowly working on my garlic crop. It was somewhat of a disappointment this year, so it has been hard to be motivated to clean it. Because of the way the soil packs and reduces in the boxes, a crop I plant in the fall, such as garlic, loses quite a bit of volume surrounding its roots by summer. My garlic boxes were only about half full of dirt when I harvested the crop in July. The reduction in nutrients, as well as the weather no doubt, caused the heads of garlic to be smaller than usual. I also had a disease problem run through a couple boxes as well as affect some random heads here and there.
What I have, I have and although it is small, it is still a good crop. I sold about 14 lb of it to an old custumer of mine and am currently in the process of cleaning up what remains hanging in the garage. If anyone is interested in good, local, naturally grown garlic, give me a call. The price is $3.50lb.
