I had some chores that needed to be done at the house last Monday (July 14) morning, while my husband went to the farm to begin harvesting the garlic. I told him if he wanted to wait until the next morning, I would be able to work with him, but he insisted on starting that morning. After 2+ hours he had one variety (310 bulbs) dug and spread on a tarp in the barn before breaking for lunch.
He decided to wait until Tuesday morning to dig the rest. Many hands make light work, and we always work well together, so as he used the pitchfork to loosen the soil around the bulbs, I pulled up the bulbs and stacked them in the wagon.
Before we knew it we had the rest of the garlic (140 bulbs) out of the ground.
We worked together to spread it out on the tarp.
On Thursday morning I began removing some of the dirt from the roots then tying the bulbs in bundles of 10. I finished 31 bundles that morning. On Friday morning I finished tying the other 14 bundles while my husband carried the bundles upstairs and hung them from the rafters. We now have 450 garlic bulbs hanging in the barn.
It will take four to six weeks for them to cure. So, we are done with garlic until at least late August. YAY!
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Looks like a bountiful harvest. Always nice to see it hanging and know another year is done 😎
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It is a beautiful harvest. All decent size bulbs. 🙂
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That’s a lot of garlic you harvested Ruth. The farm keeps both of you busy in the growing season. I guess you are glad for the down-time by the time Fall arrives after seeing your large gardens and a big project like this one involving the garlic
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Towards fall/winter we will shift gears to more inside projects. We have some painting to get done in the house this year. 🙂
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And you have your crafts in your “spare” time … if you will even have any spare time left after painting.
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Wow! That’s lots of garlic. You make it look very easy! But you are both such a great team!
I enjoy roasted garlic. Yum!
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Thanks for stopping by Nancy. It doesn’t seem like much compared to the thousands we use to plant. So many great ways to use garlic. Last night I made garlic toast to go with our spaghetti and tonight, I used in clam sauce.
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I’ll be right over! Yum!
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Thank you for describing the process of harvesting garlic. It seems to me that you work very, very quickly.
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We’ve had lots of practice so have learned how to do it efficiently. 450 seems easy compared to the 1000’s that we used to grow.
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😲!
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LOL! 450 is a small amount compared to the years that we were selling garlic and growing 1000’s. Our highest year was about 8000. That was a lot of work!
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