Once you see the exuberantly loopy shoot forming in late spring or early summer, you’ll know your garlic harvest is only four to six weeks away! In most climates in the Northern Hemisphere, the season for garlic scapes starts some time in mid-May to mid-June. Day length, as well as ...
Weed between the plants to reduce the competition for water and nutrients. This is best done by hand, as hoeing could damage the developing bulbs and their shallow roots. Remove any flower stems, or 'scapes', that the plants produce – you can eat these in stir-fries. Growing garlic: pro...
Garlic scapes are an excellent stand-in for the garlic cloves in this recipe. You’ll find them at the farmer’s market during spring. You can also mix them with basil and parsley to make an excellent garlic scape pesto recipe that freezes well. Dandelion greens may be too bitter. If th...
but the resulting bulbs won’t be as large. However, you can still enjoy the garlic scapes during the summer. (Scapes are the plant’s tender green shoots with a mild garlic flavor. Enjoy on eggs, in salads, as a pizza topping, or in stir-fries!) If you plant in the spring, wait...
Garlic scapes harvested young are still tender enough to eat raw (although too pungent for some palates!) They can be cooked in stir-fries, pickled, or made into pesto. Harvested a little older, you may need to break off the woody bases, similar to asparagus, and just use the tender ...
If you see your plants putting up a central stalk with a bud on the end, that means they’re beginning to bolt (flower), and you should harvest them right away. (And eat the flower stalk, or “scape,” too - they’re tasty, just like garlic scapes!) Green onions won’t taste ...
many of you have told me that these are actually garlic leaves and not garlic scapes. Sorry for the confusion – as I mentioned above I have a brown thumb and was mistaken about this. I was just so excited to see something growing in my kitchen window that I had to share 😂 I hope...
But to me the late-spring arrival of garlic scapes, the aboveground parts of hardneck garlic plants, means something else: garlic scape pesto. I picked up a recipe for it from Potomac Vegetable Farms–handwritten, then copied on green paper–at least two decades ago, and it’s had a spot...
Garlic can tolerate frost, but autumn-planted cloves should be protected from frost-heaving and freezing ground in cold-winter regions. Garlic can be grown in containers. Related articles: Five Ways to Cook and Serve Garlic Snap Green Beans with Garlic ...
Now that you know how to wash fruit and vegetables correctly, keep all your produce safe to add toberry dessertsand other recipes. A simple side ofOven-Fried Veggiesis a nutritious addition to a chicken or beef dinner. Have a meal ready when you walk in the door with thisvegetable cassero...