Sweet! I accidentally planted a ton of hard neck varieties thinking that I'd be braiding garlic all summer long. I didn't know that softneck was typically used. Then i learned from your video that i can "braid" hardneck. So cool!!! Thanks!!
Superb! I love the idea to use hard neck garlic this way and to combine it with lavender! It's simple, stores well, tastes great, smells devine and makes an excellent gift. Thank you very much!
Thanks for this! I've been looking for a practical way to store our first harvest of hardneck without success - until I found your very helpful video! Pretty tie-up with the lavender too.
This was such a helpful, easy video. Thanks so much! About to bunch up my hard-necks (northern hemisphere!) and this made it so easy! I also plan to add rosemary as a decorative feature. I figure rosemary will gradually dry out and smell nearly as lovely as lavender. Thank you from NZ.
Our climate is quite hot here and it only take 3-5 days. It cleans up really nice at that point! Don't let it go much more than a week (unless you have high humidity) because you could break the neck of the garlic! Have Fun!!
Nice tutorial. I'm glad to know there's a way to do this, with the hardneck varieties. Is the lavender also cured/dry, so you don't pack moisture between the bulbs? Also, I don't have lavender, but I have lots of sage and yarrow. while they wouldn't be culinary, they dry well and would look pretty. Would there be any drawbacks, to using those instead?(They are strongly aromatic. Would that affect the flavor of the garlic, over time? Since lavender is pretty strong, I'm thinking the others might be okay.) My garlic is cured and ready to store, so I might try a hand at this tomorrow.
We use 3-5 sprigs of lavender and they are fresh so they bend easily. We have never had a problem with moisture build up. However, we do hand them in the drying shed for a couple of days and the temps are warmer than room temp for sure! We have used sage as well and it works perfectly fine without any problems and looks incredible! I don't see why you couldn't use yarrow, although we haven't. Great idea! Flavor has never been affected with the lavender or the sage. Another cute idea is to tie straw flowers at the top were the bow is. They hold their color well.