I started trimming the cured garlic, this afternoon [View all]

This year's crop is not quite as abundant as last year but plenty enough for me, with some to share. Not a whole lot of BIG bulbs, this year, but I use all sizes. The really small ones are either broken into cloves and taken as a supplement or smashed, whole, and put in with the herbs and veg I stuff into a chicken before I roast it. (onion, carrots, celery, fresh thyme, rosemary and sage). Also use them when I use the carcass to make broth.

There was more purple bulbs than in past years. This was all started by my uncle, years ago. Some years there's barely any of the purple. I do try to plant some in a specific area but the truth is, it's growing in pretty much every garden space there is on this property. And I'd like to try some new varieties.

So, this is about half of the crop. There's still some I want to let cure for another week and some ready to trim but I was developing a blister from trimming the bulb from the stem and the 'beard' from the bulb.