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Old 30-06-2015, 12:11 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
Terry Coombs Terry Coombs is offline
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Default First garlic harvest

Ross@home wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:13:15 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

Well , I got some now , how do I prep it for storage and store it ?
Cool dry place , I figure , but I'm not sure how to dry it for
storage .


Good advice on this page.
https://www.garlicfarm.ca/garlic-har...g-pospisil.htm

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada


Nice page , good info on how to treat the garlic (no bumping , bruises
easily etc) and how to cure it . I finished harvesting mine today , and it's
all hung up in the shade in my "multi-use auxiliary work space"* . Well ,
except for a few bulbs that I want to use fresh . This is gonna be an
interesting summer !
* That space started out as my foundry area , is also now the garden
supply area , the build-a-bee-box space , and now the garlic curing shed . I
don't cast in the summer anyway but ...
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