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Cleanest garlic in town!

7/30/2016

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Anyone can grow garlic. It's the "cleaning" process that comes with growing garlic in which many people may not find very enjoyable and would rather have someone else grow it for them.  I guess it's all about having a positive attitude while going about it (especially if you're growing 28,000 plants) that will help a person see the light at the end of the tunnel.

We start off by cutting the bundles of garlic hanging up down from the barn rafters,  We cut the stems off and leave about 1.5" to 2" of stem and then sort the garlic by different sizes: culinary, kitchen grade, seed stock, and premium jumbo sizes, ranging from about 1.5" in diameter to more than 3" diameter in size.

Then each garlic gets the roots cut to 1/4" to 3/8" in length. Each garlic's remaining roots get brushed to get any remaining dust and dirt out.  We then peel away the outside layer (or two) to make the bulb look clean.  Sometimes the wrapper falls right off...and sometimes it is a tedious process... which can vary from bulb to bulb. We will spend most of the next 2 weeks going through this "cleaning" process.

From start of planting a clove until the customer opens up a box of gourmet garlic, the plant may be touched up to 14 times from start to finish...and that's not including weeding four or five times!
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Melanie Lewis
7/30/2016 10:10:35 pm

Thanks for the educational information, my garlic patch started with Tamarak Garlic is wonderful.

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Jason
7/31/2016 07:26:19 am

Glad to hear your garlic patch did well this summer!

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