Related: How to save and store seeds for next year’s garden You can also eat the fresh bulbils if you don’t plant them. Treat them like miniature garlic cloves: you can use them whole (cooked or raw), mash them with the side of a knife, or run them through a garlic press. How...
Fresh Aroma Take a little whiff of the scapes. The perfume of fresh garlic scapes should be subtle and fragrant. It could be an indication of aging or low quality if the smell is strong or unpleasant. 5 Ways to Add Garlic Scapes Recipes to Your Spring Cooking Routine ...
Leek scapes provide a fresh onion essence without being as intense as other alliums like garlic scapes. Their taste allows them to be used in a variety of dishes, both cooked and raw. How do you clean and prepare garlic scapes? Before cooking with scapes, it's important to properly prepar...
Dig up all of the affected plants and bin or burn them – do not add them to the compost heap. You may be able to salvage some of your crop to eat, but it won't store well. In future, grow garlic in containers, in fresh soil that does not come from the garden. Leek rust...
Today, we’re talking about how to grow garlic, which is a key ingredient in Chinese cooking (albeit not exclusively so). We’ve found garlic to be pretty expensive at the grocery store these days. If you grow it yourself, you can store it for months! While garlic is generally ...
Get in the know aboutwhen to plant garlicto enjoy its tasty bulbs throughout the year. It is also worth learninghow to store garlicto ensure that your bulbs stay fresh and flavorful for longer. What type of garlic to grow? Photography/Jon Enoch ...
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 ...
Garlic–which is sometimes classified as an herb–is grown from cloves selected from medium to large bulbs, called heads, harvested the season before. You can plant cloves from garlic heads purchased at a grocery store or farm market as long as they have not been treated to prevent sprouting...
Garlic scapes are a gourmet seasoning that come on once a year in the spring. Learn another method for garlic scapes storage for year round use. How To Dehydrate Cherries Learn how to dehydrate cherries for long term storage or simply for a delicious, healthy fruit snack. It is really eas...
Often thought of as “true” garlic, softnecks account for most of what you’ll find at the supermarket. This is because they are more productive, easier to grow – especially in warm climates, and they store for longer. They’re called softnecks because their above-ground stalks will flo...