May garden harvest (something happened to our garlic 😔) plus rhubarb, peas, asparagus

[@jenniferdavis8088]

I Chop all my garlic up and place it in olive oil and freeze it in ice cube trays then pop them out and store in zip lock bags

[@modelno2004]

The same thing happened to my garlic, but at the beginning of May before any scapes had formed…it rained very hard here (with excessive wind) in MD for 2 weeks straight, and I didn’t have anything to cover it with…lost them all. The stalks were bent over and when i went to gently hold them upright, they melted off into my hand. The stalks had completely rotted. Dug up a few garlic heads over the next few weeks in between good days, no bulbs had been able to form; they were just the white ends of the stalks. i didn’t see any bug damage on mine, but i was devastated. It was my first season trying garlic, and everything looked amazing in April 😢

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

I'm sorry, that's such a bummer!! The weather has been so off and on with the rain :( Hope you try again for next year though!

[@nadyareynolds6713]

Same thing happened to my garlic patch. The rains with winds came and blew all the stalks down. I left it all hoping they'd straighten again. Nope! More rain fell so my first time growing garlic is a wash out... Literally! I'll let the soil dry out then pull them up to see what I have. I'm so disappointed. They were growing so well😢

[@nenac3741]

How strange. I’m in Central Oregon and the same thing is happening to my garlic in containers. I grew my garlic in containers last year and had a great harvest with lots of scapes. Must have been that eclipse! 😬

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

Haha maybe! Sounds like a bad garlic year for lots of others

[@rosa.athome]

Don't you love it when you look up what could be wrong and it says "too much water or too little"?? 😂

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

right?? like thanks, that’s so helpful hahaha

[@jovellynpillo7415]

😂

[@angelaphan3346]

Lucky you to have so many caterpillars visit! I only have 1 single black swallowtail on my fennel.

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

I'm sure you'll get more every year if you keep planting for them!

[@mariestar1823]

Very impressive rhubarb plant!

[@rosacastillokrewson8048]

I had those same caterpillars on my sage plant but now they’re gone. I’ve never seen them before so I hope that means they’ll cocoon somewhere in the garden.

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

They're swallowtail caterpillars, and if you want to plant for them, they love dill, fennel, and carrot tops!

[@waysoutback]

Is it the leek moth? I think they cause that kind of damage.

[@sprigssprouts6786]

Beautiful garden! What variety of broccoli did you grow. U e had very limited success in spring broccoli. Enjoy ur harvest 😊

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

I grow Green Magic - it is amazing!

[@Tokyo_Titus]

I had a complete garlic failure this year. All were infested with Allium Leaf Miner larvae. It stunted their growth and made them appear like they didn't bulb. However, once dried I noticed that they had tiny little cloves inside.

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

So unfortunate!

[@paulaelves5160]

you can still chew on the fibrous pods get the peas, chew on the skin,,get the nutrients of then spit out the fibrous shell....double whammy xx

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

but it's so much cuter to watch the goats munch on them! 😊

[@angelaphan3346]

On another note- Alliums does not like to be mulched, and prefer to be on drier side!

[@lifewithadriana3899]

Maybe they sold you soft neck garlic

[@GroundedHavenHomestead]

Nope, we planted from our own crop from last year's harvest and it was definitely hardneck :/