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Cleaned softneck garlic and strawflowers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I cleaned my garlic and prepared it for storage. As usual, I made a braid from the *Transylvania <\/em>softneck garlic, but this time, I added strawflowers for decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n*
$\"\"$
All braided!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It is my first time growing strawflowers in my garden plot, and I am growing them specifically for this purpose. They just started to bloom, so there will be many more flowers in the next weeks and months. I suspect the final garlic braid will look much more colorful than this first version as I will be adding more flowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Left to right: Final braid hanging in the pantry, just braided frontal view, back view<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I also cleaned the Red Russian <\/em>hardneck garlic. I will leave the stems a bit longer for another couple of weeks before I cut them short. I just want to be sure they are completely dry. Those will then be stored in an open crock in the pantry and will be used up first as they do not keep as well as the softneck garlic. As usual, I saved the largest heads as seed garlic for fall planting \u2013 two heads for each type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Hardneck garlic after cleaning<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Overall, I put 2 lbs. 3 oz. of softneck garlic (17 heads) and 1 lb. 15 oz. of hardneck garlic (15 heads) into storage. One of the hardnecks may have been a softneck, but to be sure, I placed it with the hardnecks to be used up first. 36 heads were harvested overall, from 35 planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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My German garlic storage crock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hardneck clove. So flavorful and \u201cjuicy\u201d. This is what happens when you selectively plant the largest cloves each fall \u2013 my garlic is getting bigger every year<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cleaned softneck garlic and strawflowers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I cleaned my garlic and prepared it for storage. As usual, I made a braid from the *Transylvania <\/em>softneck garlic, but this time, I added strawflowers for decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n*
$\"\"$
All braided!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
It is my first time growing strawflowers in my garden plot, and I am growing them specifically for this purpose. They just started to bloom, so there will be many more flowers in the next weeks and months. I suspect the final garlic braid will look much more colorful than this first version as I will be adding more flowers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Left to right: Final braid hanging in the pantry, just braided frontal view, back view<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I also cleaned the Red Russian <\/em>hardneck garlic. I will leave the stems a bit longer for another couple of weeks before I cut them short. I just want to be sure they are completely dry. Those will then be stored in an open crock in the pantry and will be used up first as they do not keep as well as the softneck garlic. As usual, I saved the largest heads as seed garlic for fall planting \u2013 two heads for each type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Hardneck garlic after cleaning<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Overall, I put 2 lbs. 3 oz. of softneck garlic (17 heads) and 1 lb. 15 oz. of hardneck garlic (15 heads) into storage. One of the hardnecks may have been a softneck, but to be sure, I placed it with the hardnecks to be used up first. 36 heads were harvested overall, from 35 planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
My German garlic storage crock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Hardneck clove. So flavorful and \u201cjuicy\u201d. This is what happens when you selectively plant the largest cloves each fall \u2013 my garlic is getting bigger every year<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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