U finely taught me something. Never thought of doing that. I have 150 bulbs drying in old milk house Always just left them bundled cutting off the tops and hanging them. I will have to tie them this yr looks like they take less room and putting the other things in with them. Just goes to show u are never to old to learn. I'm 75
@fredbays Hi Fred, thanks for letting us know! I thought we had a lot of garlic with 86 bulbs, but when you have a lot, you don't feel guilty about cutting one of the bulbs off your display and ruining its appearance! It's great you're still learning new things. Let us know how yours turns out!
I take the outer layer off garlic as I harvest & this seems to make the inner layers dry cleaner & without splits. We're cool temperate climate here in the NW UK, so I put my chosen bulbs in the fridge for 4-6 weeks before planting & this seems to work well. I prefer to plant in my polytunnel, as outside garlic always seems to suffer from rust here. I plant right up near the cover & can fit close to 80 in at 6" spacings (40 on each side) & they don't seem to mind having peppers, aubergines & tomatoes planted further into the bed.
@victorialg1270 I'm glad you liked the video. I hope you come back and let me know how yours turned out. Make sure you're subscribed so you'll be notified when the next garlic video comes out. I have a couple ideas for more. ~~Anne
This is a great idea, I tried braiding hard neck garlic but it doesn’t work so well. I did find it stored better that way so I will definitely use this method from now on
Awe very nice Ann... and the rosemary looked so effective... Would love to see more garden crafts from You... Had recently successfully, made the char using two tin cans, after watching Your husbands video... I was so pleased!!! Worked a treat!!! Although have been unable to find the crimping tool here in Australia... I have a 4 year old worm farm, so have plenty of worm liquid to activate the char... I used a brazier to 'cook' the wood chips... I also made the worm buckets, just for fun, as I keep my red wigglers in enamel metal bath's up off the ground using star pickets... cover the bath's (4 of them) with flyscreen, put a 'bridge' (like a solid length of foam packing) across the middle, then cover with a waterproof silver tarp, then clamp ($2 plastic clamps from the cheapy shop) the tarp and flyscreen to the bath's... Underneath the bath's, I line up a plastic water dispenser with the plug hole to catch the drips... Stack either bricks or pavers under the water dispenser, so as the container opening is flush with underside of the bath plughole... Maybe You both could make a video showing how to build one... I'd be happy to answer any questions You may have... Was able to pick up my enameled metal baths from the tip at a cost of $20 each... My worms are thriving and love their bath homes... ThankYou both so much for all You both share...
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I tried it today with my garlic and it looked really pretty, with rosemary. I have a dumb question 😅, how do you take out a garlic? I imagine from the bottom way up with the first garlic of the braid?
