EPIC Garlic Harvest & How to Cure for LONG-TERM Storage

[@carmelsmith8936]

My 12 year grand daughter and i harvested 65 heads of garlic yesterday. She is here visiting for a couple weeks from a different province. This country life with chickens and gardening is all new to her, lol. There have been a lot of questions, she tried a black cherry tomato yesterday from the vine, for the very first time! Hoping to harvest the potatoes before she goes back home. Trying to show her as much as i can about this life before she is back in the city.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

I love that you’re including her in all of this!! ❤️

[@cuocsonglangnoigogang]

Your epic garlic harvest and the meticulous process of curing for long-term storage demonstrate your dedication and expertise. The care you put into preserving such a staple not only ensures a future supply but also reflects your commitment to quality and sustainability. And I am Floating Village Life.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you so much! This is one of my favorite crops to grow for sure :)

[@laurena5988]

Please do a storage video! Thanks for the close up look at your harvest methods!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Okay!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@growingmyown]

I like curing it the simple way too,i lay mine out on my patio table and just keep turning them over.. New subscriber here.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Love it! Glad to hear I'm not the only one keeping it simple. Thanks for subscribing!

[@growingmyown]

That's a fantastic harvest,i already harvested and cure mine.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Exciting! Where do you live?

[@deendayalrampal1776]

Great garden garlic looking great 👍👍South Africa Newcastle

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you so much! It's been a good year so far :)

[@carolynmoody9460]

Even though I'm a seasonal gardener IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE to have found your channel just love your videos ❤❤❤

[@thehomesteadingrd]

So nice of you!!! Thanks for being here ❤️

[@patrickheavirland3599]

Hello from Forest Lake Minnesota!! Yum!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Great to hear from you!! 👋🏼

[@myminnesotagarden1043]

Great video neighbor!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@junewrogg6137]

Beautiful garlic!!! We moved in December to Door Co, WI and I didn't have a garden to plant garlic. I can't wait to plant this fall :) A year without fresh garlic is no fun!!!! I'm hoping to pick some up at the farmers market this weekend. I have a awesome onion crop this summer. Sorry about your back! My shoulder is tweeked and I can't raise my arm :(

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Shoot! I hope planting goes well for you this fall and I’m sorry to hear about your shoulder! Argh!

[@Truongthikimcuong92]

Your garden is wonderful, I really like it. Wishing you good health ❤

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Thank you so much!!

[@lauriegb7461]

What garlic variety do you grow? This year I grew out 16 varieties (11 hardneck, 4 softneck) and Inchelium and Thermodrone did the best for the softneck and overall. Italian Mountain Red and Romanian Red did best for hardneck. I like your easy harvest method. I've always braided or tied in bundles and hung to dry under a wisteria covered arbor but the wagon saves a lot of work. I trim the roots and hose everything off before I braid. For the pierced garlic or those whose peels are splitting and won't store well, I can them as chopped garlic when it is done curing - chop garlic in food processor, put in 1/2 pint jars, cover w/ olive oil, add 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid or 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (bottled, not fresh) to each 1/2 pint, waterbath for 10 min. Another way I store it is to peel and put in a mason jar and cover the peeled cloves with a good vodka (Costco brand works great) - you can easily grab a few cloves when cooking and the leftover vodka is great for deglazing a pan when cooking.

[@karenw9996]

Great timing - I've been watching mine for the past week, looks like it'll be another week before they're ready, but now I've had a refresher course!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Good luck!! I hope you have a great harvest!

[@tanyamack1334]

I would love to see your storage method! Thank you

[@thehomesteadingrd]

You got it!

[@suejacobs8468]

New subscriber, recently got your how to plan a garden course, I’d love to see your garlic storage method as well! Great videos and content!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Yay!! I’m so glad you’re here and are loving my course ☺️!! Thank you!!

[@Greens5511]

I am so glad u put this out as I am going to harvest my garlic today. I have only been growing garlic for about 5 years so always like to see how other people do it.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

I’m so glad that the timing worked out! Happy harvesting!

[@Greens5511]

@@thehomesteadingrd Just finished digging/pulling...😮‍💨 Hot and humid....had my 16 year old nephew from AZ helping 🤔🫣🤫 me🤷 time for a break, then back to put it all away to cure

[@Greens5511]

@@thehomesteadingrd I hope ur back is doing better!!

[@tamarasself-sufficientlife7539]

I had 3 bulbs left in Spring that were just starting to get soft/dry. I fermented those. It was great.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Ooooo delicious!!

[@karenw9996]

Nice job Ryan!

[@thehomesteadingrd]

He did great!!! ❤️

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hello Y'all, I am Steven from Dakota county. I just cut all the scapes off today so in the next 10-17 days I will harvest them all. I planted about 150 cloves 6 varieties all hardneck. I really did like your video today. Very informative. Do you use the scapes? Do you buy garlic seed heads or use your own? I buy mine from Keene Garlic in Wisconsin. I am working towards not buying and using my ow, New to your channel and it is nice to find folks from here to have similar weather and growing conditions. Cya next thyme, Steven

[@thehomesteadingrd]

How exciting!! We love using the scales. Our fav is grilled like asparagus 🤩. I bought my original batch of seed garlic from High Mowing Seeds many years ago but have been maintaining my own stock since then

[@kandyharris2195]

Good morning Katie and Ryan . Big garlic lover here❤ Question ; what do you plan to plant in the space once all the garlic is harvested? Take care of that back , Happy Gardening 👩‍🌾

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Good question! I plan to put down some seed for another round of bush beans 💫

[@joannak4640]

Thanks for sharing ❤ Do you plan on trying cover crops anywhere?

[@thehomesteadingrd]

I’d love to try it sometime, but I don’t have any immediate plans at the moment

[@davidlund225]

We used the air compressor to blow the dirt off. BOY WAS THAT EASIER.

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Brilliant!!!!

[@JohnAgim-kn6jt]

How many months is garlic ready for harvest

[@emkn1479]

I cured mine only to find maggots when I opened up several bulbs to use 😭 I can’t be sure if it’s allium root maggot or leaf miner…do you know how I can tell? And how to handle this moving forward? I’ve seen them on other allium crops in past seasons. Stop growing alliums for a couple of years? And will ornamental alliums also harbor the pests?

[@thehomesteadingrd]

Oh no! I've never heard of those or dealt with them before. I'm so sorry :(

[@tory464]

💚👍

[@thehomesteadingrd]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼