Best Time to HARVEST GARLIC. Sorting & Curing the Garlic for Storage.

[@berniekoltes2862]

BEAUTIFUL GARLIC! OUR GARLIC IS REALLY TALL THIS YEAR. THANKS FOR ALL ADVICE GIVEN.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

It's a real pleasure! Thank you for commenting!

[@tfcig2019]

You’re blessed to have land that can be tilled w/a fork! Our’s have so many lg rocks and boulders the size of trash dumpsters. Been here 4 yrs & am finding it difficult to get used to the different type of gardening I have to deal with. We moved from East coast border Ga/Fl. Not only is the ground different, but weather too. Oh how I miss my lemon trees! 😢

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Are you able to have free woodchips dropped off on your land? If so, you could spend a season getting as many deliveries as possible in maybe a new spot, make a real thick layer, just keep piling it in, and let it decompose. The ticket the layer, the faster it will generate heat and decompose. You should be able to plant in it within 6 months to a year, depending on your conditions.

[@insAneTunA]

An absolute joy to watch. Thank you for sharing 👍

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you!

[@annayoder4332]

I watched 3 videos so far and I'm hooked. you guys as a couple are just like my husband and I ! I adore seeing how you do things ! gives me a few new ideas and I always enjoy to learn ! thank you !

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Anna! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture!

[@laurakamal8842]

Beautiful! Wonderful video!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! ❤

[@lilmak889]

I am located in Central Florida, But! You guys are amazing! The love you have for each other, the tip, the tricks.... so amazing! I simply make notes and apply these much earlier 😊 thank you for the work you do sharing this! 🤗

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! This means a lot to me!

[@kpowell8907]

Hello, I'm also in central Florida. I agree, the tips are beneficial to all gardeners, no matter where they are.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@kpowell8907 Thank you!

[@peacefulgarden]

I was hit with Allium Leaf Miners this year. Garlic is still mostly ok but it couldn't head up well because the greenery got devastated. But better than NO garlic 😉 Love to see your garden. I am striving to attain a good permaculture matrix with islands of annual foods within. Though I don't almost disappear into mine the way you do 😁😁 #StealthGardener 😂😂

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

The heavy rains this year were hard on the garlic. And did I ever disappear I to the garden this year. I’ve never seen weeds grow like they did this year. I’m going to have a ton of compost this fall. And the vegetables managed anyway it would seem.

[@barbsoddznendz1896]

👍

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

😊

[@mcquaimc]

Beautiful video - that’s a lot of garlic!. I hope she’ll share what she does in the kitchen with the garlic.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Here's one video from this past winter. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJrLp6pmh9mIY7ssi=kHY7YyOux8CvNgGo

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! And here is a second video from this past winter. The first one was in English. This one, you'll have to turn on the subtitles, as it's in French. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYjFiqOqet96npIsi=br-m2QqxKPWtRvFE

[@shanacookthecanukgypsy9527]

I put my garlic in oilve oil also dry it for garlic power baked garlic too

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@shanacookthecanukgypsy9527 Thank you! Sounds so good! I love baked garlic, especially baked garlic that's cut in half and doused in lots of olive oil! We also use the peals with our dried herbs to make powder mixes.

[@doinacampean9132]

7:26 - you still have time for lettuce or radishes, worst case scenario is having them bolt and giving you seed for next year that is even better acclimated to your garden.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I'd love to plant more stuff, but everything else, as you can see from the size of the weeds, is keeping me real busy.😊

[@GrandmomZoo]

Beautiful garlic, beautiful food forrest!!!!❤

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! ❤

[@lsidjhgoshg]

Really nice to see the garden again from a new perspective! ;) I'll harvest my garlic this week as well! Take care! Andréanne

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Andréanne! I'm going to start taking some wider views before zooming in from now on! Good luck with the garlic!

[@AlmostaGreenAcre-zs5eu]

Thanks for sharing your garden. Beautiful garlic harvest 🥰

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you!

[@GrandmomZoo]

My gosh! The snail love is so very sweet!😊

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you!

[@kirstypollock6811]

I cover my garlic with autumn leaves when I plant it and I don't get any weeds until just about harvest time, when they start to appear - mostly grass and nettles (which I often just pull and drop in place).I pulled mine on the summer solstice. If I'd delayed, I would probably have had the same experience as you!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I probably could have harvested at least a week earlier. They grew so much faster than normal this year. Do you shred your leaves or put them on whole? I guess the garlic just pushes through. I always have a ton of autumn leaves and cover my garden with them, but I have hesitated to cover the garlic with them.

[@doinacampean9132]

26:49 - now that I think about it, you have time to grow one of those speedy cabbages (Wakefield?). Sorry for sounding like a broken record :) I suffer of garlic envy :)

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I actually would like to try planting some cabbage later next year, so as not to have it all at the same time.

[@kpowell8907]

Hello, I've been enjoying your videos for a few weeks, and have just subscribed. I love all the gardening tips. I would also love to see a few videos of recipes using your harvests either for meals, preservation, medicine, etc.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you very much! Here are some you could check out, until we do more: kzbin.info/aero/PLDRPDy9wP0_nJsV9qtvUr4WaxiUxJpuU5&si=8-s9YwHRmkc3Nn6W And here are some more, but you'll have to turn on your subtitles to watch them, unless you understand French: kzbin.info/aero/PLDRPDy9wP0_m079ek-cgNljLepQxstSGV&si=8qVv4b3K1KtPmvhR

[@happyhobbit8450]

Excellent video ... thank you so much!!!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Happyhobbit!

[@payne7028]

We are new to your channel! We are on the US side of Niagara Falls south of you. We do not plant 500 garlic / it is just the two of us. Last year we had enough to jar up minced garlic, we have braided bunches hanging in the kitchen and we dehydrated and powdered some as well. Wondering how you preserve yours and wanted to thank you for your time and your lovely videos! Derek and Michella Payne 😊

[@AlsanPine]

it depends if you are wanting to use them for culinary or medicinal (health) use. i process most mine in aged garlic as my main use is medicinal. judging from what you already do, i would guess your main use is in cooking which destroys the medicinal molecules which are photo and temperature sensitive. this is why, despite 50+yrs of r&d, the sulfur compounds of the aged garlic still cannot be synthesized by the pharmaceuticals.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@AlsanPine you can use garlic raw in salad dressings and other applications in the kitched, adding it in, crushed or minced, at the end.

[@AlsanPine]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture yes, of course you can. i was just referring to what most people do and use it as a "spice" in cocking which destroys its health effects. on the other hand, aged garlic is far more powerful than raw garlic due to the slow exothermic reaction between the sulfur compounds of garlic and acetic acid of vinegar over 7 years. so we can use garlic for taste only, as is health benefits, or supercharged medicine. all valid uses if you grow enough 🙂

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@AlsanPine So to age the garlic, what kind of vinegar do you put it in. I would definitely like to try this. Thank you, as always, for your very detailed and informative comments.

[@AlsanPine]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture i use gallon glass jars, fill with fresh garlic cleaned, skinned and dry Leave an inch or two from top empty. then throw in a pich of salt, and fill with organic vinegar higher than the garlic. some will float, that is ok. then i place a plastic lid on it that is too big with enough coffee filters or paper towels to get a press fit. the idea is to not seal the lid. it must breathe or you will have an explosion! the chemical reaction is slow but it is exothermic. it has to breathe. you can also add other spices like peppers, mint, etc but i like it simple. then i place it in a cool dark place. basement, root cellar, or the like. for us up north, cool is not a problem. garlic is stable up to 104F or 100F to be safe! it does have to be in a very dark place, however. you need to check the jars periodically (2-3 times a year) and top off the vinegar as the level goes down. i make 2 gal every year as i consume 2 gal of aged garlic per year. i have a clove every day. you just get a progressively aged product. you can eat it at any time but as it ages, the garlic turns dark until the 7th year it will be really dark and it will lose its spicy spunk because those sulfur compounds are now gone and reacted with the acid. so the taste is much milder but tangy with vinegar with a hint of sweet. you also will not have garlic body odor when you eat it. medicinally, it is the most potent product known to man!. in fact, aged garlic was more valuable than gold in the ancient world. in the 90's when i was still doing research, i found a paper by a guy who spent 25yrs documenting the chemical reaction for a pharmaceutical company who hoped to be able to synthesize the compounds but alas, they are photo and temp sensitive and cannot be synthesized. decades of research and millions of dollars which helped establish the medical benefits of aged garlic which cannot be used to make big pharma richer!

[@Dlrnckgoekwk]

Beautiful harvest 🌺 How do you prevent garlic rust?

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

We use biodiversity to prevent most diseases. Check out our playlist on permaculture to get a better idea of using biodiversity does for the garden, here: kzbin.info/aero/PLDRPDy9wP0_msrth1c2Qs5Udy95YWQs9w&si=AM0TVn6E5BAJ7SSX

[@rogerkenworthy6380]

Amazing!!!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you!

[@thenextpoetician6328]

It's a miniature jungle, reminds me of bamboo forests. That one around 20:20 is really impressive. Good stuff. Just days from picking mine. Found three that pooped out. Ate one on the spot. Three cloves. Kinda mild. A treat. I'm heavy into Ruth Stout as part of my approach. The straw is produced on site and wild turkeys help prepare it. They're experts.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

With all the hot, rainy and sunny weather we've had, it really does feel like a tropical rainforest here! I'm not familiar with Ruth Stout. Just looked her up. I'll have to have a read!

[@thenextpoetician6328]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture The main thing for me is what weeds will get introduced, and how much weed pulling is there time for? This year has been the experiment. Here wild turkeys are the only pests, so what needs to be protected should be. Weeds pull out very easily through a decent mulch layer. Even quack grass is easy to manage, and I'm getting primed to try the baking soda method in a few spots just to see.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@thenextpoetician6328 You're right about weeds and mulch, and about how much time there is for weed pulling. I'm always trying to see which plants tolerate more weeds.

[@thenextpoetician6328]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture Might as well. There are enough good weeds I'm fine when they show up. Purslane has rocketed up my list this year. I have some beauties.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@thenextpoetician6328 I love purslane in a sandwich in place of lettuce. Gives it a real juicy crunch!

[@creekwoodfarmandhomesteadc6440]

👍

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

😊

[@doinacampean9132]

13:49 - you could stick those in the ground, where the garlic was!!! :)

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

That's hemp I grew from seed. I decided not to put it in because I ended up doing nothing with all the seed from last year. It's all mixed up with bits of leaves and so we're nervous about using the seeds for making milk and cheese type stuff, with all those bits of leaves. We don't want any unusual reactions. It's hard to separate, as hemp is very sticky.

[@grenwood6551]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture if i was local i could identify the hemp quickly for you as i'm allergic to the fibers and oils at least topically. i'd actually love to see it grown commercially for fibers again.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@grenwood6551 What do you mean you could identify the hemp quickly? Our difficulty was this: I grew it for the seed. I bought some cannabis seed from a seller who planted it to give the seeds to her birds. So I planted it to harvest the seeds for us, as I have read that it is high in protein, and I have bought hemp protein products before and they taste good. But when I harvested the seed and processed it, it just had too much leaf bits for us to be comfortable to use it. I don't know enough about the difference between hemp seed and cannabis seed and if the leaves have the same compounds as the female flower buds, etc. etc.. Hemp and cannabis have been so maligned that even though I grew it, I'm a bit scared to use the seeds, even though theoretically, I don't believe I should have any problem.

[@grenwood6551]

@WillowsGreenPermaculture you shouldn't have a issue. I have a topical allergy to the fibers, oils , and the plant in general. I oddly react similarly to mustard, which, as far as I know is unrelated. So basicly, for me, the near instant irritation, rash, and / or hives make it possible to identify by touch. I've been wanting to actually experiment with severity of reaction to different strains, but that is difficult to do in a controlled way. I also react very poorly to the smoke when it is burned, and I do mean like dangerous pb drops and issues continuing to breathe. Touch is just.. irritation to simplify. I wouldn't normally recommend useing allergies to identify plants but it would work to a degree just perhaps not the degree you require.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you!

[@jennacoryell4160]

Good tips. We harvest between 800-1600 garlics each year. Stiff neck, which grows better in our georgia clay. Our daughter has mastered the black magic of weaving stiff-neck garlic into braids, so winter storage is a snap. My question: do you have any tricks or methods for peeling and processing garlic? It gets really tediuous!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Because we keep the peels to use in our spice mixes, it's like it's less tedious. You can check out this video for what we do with the peels. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJrLp6pmh9mIY7ssi=kHY7YyOux8CvNgGo

[@alwayswanderingart]

Great video! The cabbage looks good too. Any tips for keeping the cabbage white pupae from eating the cabbage? My brassicas tend to fall victim to those.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Plant wormwood or thyme close to your cabbage. Thyme works well because it stays relatively small, and it works as a good companion perennial for almost any vegetable, so will help in the area for other plants if you decide to change your cabbage's position, which is a good thing to do every couple of years. Onions, garlic and most aromatic herbs help as well. I used onions this year, and wormwood is always close by as is oregano.

[@alwayswanderingart]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I will try that. Thank you!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@alwayswanderingartyou’re welcome!

[@AlsanPine]

harvested my soft-necks on the first week of July, hard-necks, the 2nd week. my soft-necks got taken over by potatoes that were left over from the previous year. they are smaller. my hard-necks are huge (fill my cupped hands) basically the size of a large apple! i have a lot of fertility in my soil though. i have been building the soil for several decades. wet weather is not helping you either. i stopped watering my garlic for several weeks before i harvested. i plant my garlic, onion, and shallots in the middle of my strawberry beds. you are right that the size of the garlic is not that big a deal though. especially for me as i make aged garlic out of all mine and actually smaller ones age more rapidly as there is more surface area per volume. i actually choose the smaller garlic to plant but they come out huge anyway! i like your mesh trays. where did you get those? they would be great for herb drying too. great vid 🙂

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I can't remember what zone you said you were in. Was it 7? I'm not sure I can grow soft neck here. I don't mind the wet weather. I'd rather that than no rain. We probably lost some garlic to the huge weed growth, but the stuff that stayed in the ground from having no more stem will likely start popping up in a few weeks again, and so I can decide if I want to pick it and eat it, or let it stay there until next year. That's a great idea to plant your garlic with your strawberries. It will never get shaded out and it's probably good for the strawberries. The mesh trays are from Dollarama. They work really well, and I can stack them by piling them up perpendicular to each other, if I need to save space.

[@AlsanPine]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture yeah, 7a but we still get temps as low as 0F (-18C) although usually a few nights. mostly cold temps are in the 20F (-7C) on the cold nights. i just tried the soft-necks last year just to see what would happen. i actually prefer the hard-neck because i love the scapes which I cook with and eat raw. great in stir-fry. main reason i do not cook with my garlic 🙂i would love your creek but for garlic, it does not like water especially in the last few weeks before harvest. if you often get rain around harvest time, you might try growing them under a clear awning. your garlic will have more intense flavor and store better.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@AlsanPine Thank you for this. I didn't know that garlic doesn't like getting rained on in its last weeks. I think I might just create a moveable hoop house with saplings and the shell of an old plastic greenhouse for this purpose. The creek is about 20 meters from the garden, so no problem there. I would say the garlic is currently in a wetter part of the garden, but not the wettest. I likely will move it next year. Youre description of your temps seems to describe what we have gotten in the last two winters. In fact, this past winter, we only got about a week of -10C (14F), the rest was more like -7C (20F).

[@AlsanPine]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture yes, garlic needs to be at your driest location and making a clear cover for it is a good idea to keep the rain limited. it also needs a lot of nitrogen as it is growing in the early spring like shallots and onions. the soft-neck that survived our last winter was Inchelium Red from Hood River Garlic. i hope you can find it closer to you 🙂

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@AlsanPineI’ll look for that. Thank you!

[@grenwood6551]

i'm considering having my garlic share with peas for next year. my only concern is the garlic might be ready before the peas die off if i do. i'm curious for others thoughts. i live in a area with a rat problem and last year i lost all of my peas and beans to the rats (birds prob got a few too). so i didn't plant them this year but my onions garlic and potato seem to have had a great year. this was my first year for garlic and your vid made me feel better about their size. (soft neck i planted in first week of November last min. from a local grocery. i had low expectations but it was well worth the $0.89 Cad as most cloves came up )

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Do you put meat scraps in your compost? And if so, do you keep it close to your garden? This is what could be attracting the rats, unless the problem is in the wider area around where you live?

[@grenwood6551]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture no but the whole neighbourhood is having issues. my crow friends at least think they (the rats)are tasty. a few years back i actually had the crows so well trained to stay out of my peas they would chase the smaller birds away from them to.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@grenwood6551wow! How did you train them?

[@annayoder4332]

this year instead of harvesting my garlic I split all the cloves and just replanted to have more so I'm excited for next spring and see what made it or not :)

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

That's great! How many cloves did you manage to plant?

[@annayoder4332]

@WillowsGreenPermaculture about 250 ! Went with more because I know they all won't make it :) I really wanted to eat it al but I really wanted to make sure we had more the enough in the future years. I used a few to cook like your wife, couldn't help myself. :) but yes I will be thrilled to see what happens come spring early summer. We r in wisconsin

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@ 250! That’ll give you plenty to use for the year plus another 250 cloves or more for the following year!

[@annayoder4332]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture amish have big families ! Makes great gifts when you have 8 brothers and sisters with 14 children each hahahaha

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Wonderful! 😊 I’m one of 9 children too!

[@rahneclark1902]

How close do you plant the garlic 🧄 please and thank you

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Here's the garlic planting video from last fall that gave this harvest. You've got all the details. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZWafqGsit6BsMUsi=rnF4LLdA3myAgtEb

[@angelad.8944]

It depends on the health and fertility of your soil. My hard neck are 15 cm/6" apart and I get 7.5 cm/3" diameter bulbs, but I have really great soil.

[@rahneclark1902]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture thank you for the video Link and your response is appreciated

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@rahneclark1902 You're welcome!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@angelad.8944 I haven't measured my garlic, however I just checked out my video from last fall. I planted the garlic 11cm (4.3 inches) apart. Probably a bit close together. I think I'll do the 15cm this fall.

[@rahneclark1902]

Where do you get your seeds from can you please link where 😊

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I've grown my own for years, so just keep my best garlic for replanting. Years ago, I just started with some organic grocery store garlic, and a bit of garlic given me by neighbours.

[@rahneclark1902]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture ok appreciate you telling me

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@rahneclark1902 You're welcome. 😊

[@emkn1479]

I cured my garlic and was so disappointed to open it up and see maggots inside. This happens every time I try to grow alliums of every kind. Should I not grow any for some time? And will ornamental alliums also harbor the pest?

[@angelad.8944]

Leek moth. BT applications will work over time. I think you should move your patch for several years. Get fresh cloves from a reliable source. Use a fabric barrier to prevent the moths from laying eggs. It has been really bad the last few years. I never use to get them but had them this year and from my own stock. My advice is what I will be doing myself. It's a pain but it should work well.☺

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@angelad.8944 Bt will kill the caterpillars of beneficial insects that are active at the same time as well, however. We use biodiversity to prevent most pests and diseases. Check out our playlist on permaculture to get a better idea of using biodiversity does for the garden, here: kzbin.info/aero/PLDRPDy9wP0_msrth1c2Qs5Udy95YWQs9w&si=AM0TVn6E5BAJ7SSX

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

We use biodiversity to prevent most pests and diseases. Check out our playlist on permaculture to get a better idea of using biodiversity does for the garden, here: kzbin.info/aero/PLDRPDy9wP0_msrth1c2Qs5Udy95YWQs9w&si=AM0TVn6E5BAJ7SSX

[@angelad.8944]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture Sorry, I should have specified that I will be doing all the other stuff and not the BT. 😅 I have actually never used it myself on our property. Back in the day, when I worked in the city for clients, I would refuse to use the pesticides they wanted so it was a compromise at the time. I ended up switching they type of clients very quickly so I could implement healthier practices. ☺

[@emkn1479]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I have plenty of biodiversity…every pest and mammal around wants a piece of the garden 🫠 Have you dealt with these insects before and successfully seen them eradicated over time?

[@annayoder4332]

i garden more for medicine and if i were in your garden id be heaven with all them weeds and wild lettuce lol most Amish and mennonites, which we are, have these perfect weedless gardens, lol not me !!!! I freak out when people come over and wanna judge and talk about the weeds, not just weeds to me !!!! lambs quarters burdock all medicine and food to us :)

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Yes, I have to learn how to use that wild lettuce - I have so much of it! Sometimes it grows to three times my height! How do you use wild lettuce? Considering what you are saying about using the weeds, I think you'll especially like the following video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYTUfIGurbytg9Esi=jHTuX7ee4R8rEHzb

[@annayoder4332]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture 2 ways for wild lettuce...wash and chop.... add water and simmer ever so low for 24 hours. Strain heat on low again.... now you have 2 choices here, you can simmer it all the way down into a tar substance, then you take that tar and make into a tincture with alcohol or glycerine or apple cider vinegar. Or what I do is simmer it half way down till it gets very dark but is still a liquid. Then I add vodka to that and keep in fridge. Or you can chop all the leaves, shove in a jar and cover with cider vodka or glycerine... has the same potency as an opiod pain reliver without addictive side effects. My husband drinks a few drops a day or a swig 4 times a day for his carpal tunnel. Especially at night for pain relief so he can sleep better. :) thank you friend!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you, I’m going to save this comment!

[@annayoder4332]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I get excited when I find people like me sorry for all my comments at once ! You're different then the norm :) I often get bored with what I watch but you intrigued me :)

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@ thank you Anna!