No-Dig Garlic: Planting, Harvesting, and Drying (Using the Ruth Stout Method)

[@doriswhite1348]

He's a natural teacher. No fluff, yet kept it interesting. Good Job!

[@Jon-vd6ts]

I dried my last harvest of garlic on my kitchen table. I really liked the smell of the fresh garlic but most people would probably find it too strong. During the month my garlic was drying, I had NO flies in the house =)

[@MyGreenNest]

Jon ooooh I’ll have to try that!

[@TrudyAnnSlater]

oh Awesome idea, thanks😉

[@tvojslauf]

Jon and no guests. Lol

[@georgehays4908]

......no Vampires either ! Garlic is never too strong ! Full of Vitamins ! It's really medicinal too ! I'm growing potatoes in a container inside . Food prices going up & up . The real good thing is quality ! Garlic , Potatoes , and Onion . ......I could live on them ! Peace !

[@kiaminaya5731]

Do you think it'll have similar results with fire ants? A colony has set up near my rosemary..

[@thedoubleboiler6971]

Wow.. keep recording like this (I know this is 5 years old, but still, I'm new) and I'll be back again and again. No wasting time, super informative, no odd camera angles, no flash intro.. in general, no headaches. This is how I wish EVERY learning video on KZbin were and should be as you keep it super interesting, without adding distractions and garbage to "try" to grow an audience. You are like the flowers that the bees seek out.

[@BackToReality]

What a wonderful comment. Thanks so much!

[@thedoubleboiler6971]

@@BackToReality Of course! It's my pleasure and your efforts in this deserve to be applauded! I look forward to learning with you!

[@justmephoebe]

How often do you need to water the garlic?

[@nervousroom]

I'm Tuscan we make braids with at least 10 heads of garlic then we hang then, then take up less space and are decorative 😊

[@laurabarber6697]

Do you braid them when they're green or after they've dried? I'm sure they're beautiful I've seen them in stores displayed this way! Thank you for sharing us that beautiful idea! I wish the very best to all who read this!

[@duncanidaho9153]

I thought it was too dry on Tattooine to grow garlic

[@jorgemorejon9431]

My family used to do a lot of farming in Cuba when we lived there. We would braid garlic as well. Can be done either dry or green. Ideally you would want to braid them while green so you can hang them all together to dry.

[@MirrimBlackfox]

Garlic braids work really well with Softneck varieties. Hardneck varieties (like the ones they grew here) are too stiff to braid well.

[@cccarter9858]

They will grow like that? How do you braid them? Can you show us. TY :)

[@jefcaesar2865]

Your closing remarks about perfection, "It doesn't matter how you do it, it's just THAT you do it" is insanely profound for my current life happenings hahaha thanks bro

[@Namugaseum]

Same. Best wishes Jeffrey!

[@tabithaday127]

Likewise. The advice I didn't know I needed. Thank you!

[@waynethera2712]

Tech Stuf, no doubt about it. But it’s nice to find so much tried and true techniques. Especially for us Northerners

[@allisonavery7273]

I found the remark extra comforting because my family has a bad black thumb and knowing I can fuck up a little bit with the fresh garlic I let sit too long in my cupboard, comforts me. I hope all is well with everyone. Cheers

[@jonathanrouse]

The important thing is making the garlic boys, that’s all that matters here

[@CookieLaddd]

I love nothing more than nice wholesome channels like this

[@andreakent96]

NEW SUBSCRIBER! This is the most complete garlic growing video I have come across. Now I’m gonna go back and watch ALL your other videos! Thank you from a fellow Canadian ☺️

[@chrisken8902]

exactly - harvest the garlic when the bottom leaves are already brown and dried up but the middle and top leaves are still green. That's the exact moment to harvest garlic!

[@NoProGoPronto]

I absolutely LOVE garlic. I can never have too much of it in my food. Just prior and during the winter months, I chew small pieces of garlic to keep and colds away. And the people. LOL. Works great ! 😃

[@preciousmetalhead5155]

NoProGoPronto you’re like me. The recipe says 1 clove garlic...me, 1 bulb it is!

[@remnantfewministriesminist495]

I do too! Love it. Garlic is the best natural antibiotic and blood thinner.

[@Dman6779]

if im around garlic ill probably have a clove in my mouth

[@triplebasic]

My dad starts each morning with a half a bulb of garlic and a grapefruit. He's in his 80s and strong as an ox.

[@vink6163]

As an introvert who dreams of being a hermit, I am very interested in your use of garlic :)

[@rachelshelley4779]

I'm assuming you effectively kept the vampires at bay for those four weeks. -- Great video!

[@pychohobo1832]

Lol. People still believe that rumor. I started it over a thousand years ago. We, oh I mean, vampires love garlic it cleans the blood. So eat plenty of garlic, it keeps the vampires away.

[@khanhh4147]

@@pychohobo1832 2

[@bjfifi]

Lazy Hobo No vampires hate garlic know your common sense

[@bjfifi]

Lazy Hobo And humans can’t live 1k years and if this is an R/whoosh or joke.I don’t find it humorous

[@aaronhughes827]

@@bjfifi Do you not get the joke? He is hinting that HE is a vampire, and vampires actually loves garlic, and vampires themselves started the rumor to GET people to eat garlic, while people THINK it keeps vampires away, vampires actually LIKE people to eat garlic.

[@nomikopp387]

Excellent presentation! No wasted time fumbling for words, organized, lots of info, upbeat & succinct. Thank you 👍

[@CdnAshley]

Wonderful pep talk at the end. Great attitude to have and spread! 🙏

[@ttriqu2841]

"That you do it, not how you do it'' Love it and love you guys.

[@ilseparatio2963]

that was epic mate

[@sophiepoint6270]

So true!

[@backdoor5993]

Thanks for the encouragement! To paraphrase, "It doesn't matter how you do it; just that you do it." That is so encouraging and comforting, thank you!

[@joelegrand5903]

The only thing I disagree with is a small thing, you said the paper cover will split because the garlic grew to big. After 7 years of growing my on garlic(about 6 varities ) I left a few rows in to long & all the paper covers had rotted away & I had to process all of it to keep the cloves from rotting. I never layed cloves on top of soil, so I learded something new also. Always save the large clove for planting & eat the small cloves. The large the clove the larger the bulb in summer.

[@t.h.nguyen5193]

I enjoy your video because you are such a great story teller; you added a great intro, humor, and tips. Keep them coming! I am going to do my experiment with garlic, ginger and other root veggies.

[@claudiaw9246]

Thanks for the follow-up! You do a great job of explaining everything, so that even a complete gardening newbie like me can easily understand.

[@sheilayuelin8676]

You guys rock! I'm in northern alberta - just learning to do no till on our new acreage. Ive been pouring over your videos - thank you for all the detail, its made this journey much easier!

[@PeterStanley]

Great video. I appreciate the conciseness (well done editor) of this relatively long term project. I’m inspired to grow garlic now.

[@EpicGambas]

I just discovered your channel and I have to say it is one of the clearest and most enjoyable to watch among all the permaculture videos out there

[@BackToReality]

My goodness, thanks so much!

[@brookelew3237]

My husband found your videos and I am addicted! Very interesting and helpful, thanks much!!

[@sethstarrett2987]

That voice is GOLD. Love the video style too. Factual, and front end heavy, and honest.

[@herbalady1]

These videos are awesome and very informative. Ive grown organic veggies and fruits for about 35 years and have learned easier ways from your videos..thank you

[@steveo_o6707]

I think your channel is excellent!! You have enough geekiness to keep it feeling technical and not farmy. Nice seeing your wife! Ball of energy.

[@fidoforme8561]

What a wonderful example of how to do it, and make a really cool timeline video of it. Many thanks !

[@bernadinerecrio5225]

Thanks so much for the effort to document months worth of work, edit and create animation for clarity! So so so helpful for someone new like me!

[@Melmelba]

So glad I found your KZbin channel!! Amazing and so clear. Thank you!

[@danascully7358]

This was fantastic. Fast, you got to the point, and covered a lot. Thank you!

[@BackToReality]

Thanks Dana, I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@The888lkw]

Best video I have watched on growing garlic 🧄!!!!! Thank you very much you made it look very easy doesn’t look like you need lots of effort 😊

[@Sybaris_Rex]

Awesome. I have maybe 3-4 hundred garlic plants in my yard growing wildly and even though the bulbs are much smaller since they are crowded, I have an endless amount of scapes, bulbs, and dehydrated garlic, powder, and salt throughout the year. I *love* garlic. Eventually I plan on buying property in a more homesteading kind of fashion and growing garlic more systematically is definitely on the top of my list.

[@victoriab4649]

I have never seen any of your videos before, but I'm going to subscribe. This was so clear and simple, well-paced; and I love your attitude: it's not how you do it...it's that you do it. Anything worth doing is worth doing, even imperfectly. I'm a novice gardener and even though I've made plenty of mistakes in the last couple of years, it amazes me how much nature knows what she's doing!

[@Mrs.LadeyBug]

Victoria B ditto! I’ve not seen this channel previously and I’m subscribing too! I’m an experienced gardener, and I’m drawn to all things garden-themed, natural-method, and northern. Love this!

[@yLeprechaun]

Watched a few Back To Reality vids now. And now I subscribed. I like your attitude.

[@Arbie812]

Another common way to dry them is to braid them up. Look up garlic/onion/shallot braiding techniques and you'll find a few videos out there with some great tips. Not only does it work, it also looks very attractive hanging in the pantry or kitchen.

[@sibelb4152]

The garlic they showed was hardneck. Braiding is done with softneck varieties. Other differences: Softneck stores longer. Hardneck is more cold-hardy. Softneck contains several rows of cloves, becoming smaller towards the center of the bulb, while hardneck is composed of only one row of larger cloves.

[@davidgray2969]

You speak such nice clean English up there in the freezing northland.. Good garlic lesson! I'll try some.

[@borlani]

I liked that. It was succinct and concise without a lot of extraneous waffle, but packed with helpful information and visual explanations. As a 'tutorial' it was spot on. I eat every part of the garlic, including the flowers (raw on salads) & young stems which are like a sweet, hot spring onion. Garlic is exceptionally good for you.

[@charger440]

Thank You! You are one of the most complete and most informative video on harvesting fall garlic

[@Amsbury]

What a great video! This video is high quality. Thank you so very much for sharing your talents and knowledge.

[@huskypilot6305]

Love your videos. This one could take a preper to gourmet preper instantly.

[@tussled1]

I love you videos. Very informative, delivered in a way that keeps you watching until the end of the video.

[@anazdesar8983]

I did it last year and my family have homegrown garlic for the first time. I am ready to plant it again. I use sawdust. Thank you for instructions.

[@thesekarwyn]

your storytelling skill are just amazing

[@Girlgirltv215]

I loved the delivery of this video. So professional and the message at the end 🙂

[@mayaushikubo8607]

Super awesome video!!! I LOVE GARLIC. But I've never grown it before. I am excited to give it a go this year with your method! Thank you for your easy-to-follow video.

[@artsygirl3878]

Your video was one of the most informative and easy to understand. Love your "How To" Keep up the great work.

[@alanplemmons122]

Every year I plant the largest bulbs from the previous season and I love the results. Great video, thanks!

[@V13-m2z]

Thanks for the great video I love the little pitch fork elf you have assiting you! Adorable!!! And the moral of the story was great as well!

[@misdesixtysix8255]

Just found your travels etc. I see that I have many great travel videos to catch up on. You found a fabulous place to homestead and flourish.

[@libbyreesbarresi7459]

OMG i just love your attitude, " whats most important is THAT you do it NOT how you do it" just love it.....now lets show my hubby your video and see what he thinks about doing it this way, and i know exactly where i would like to plant it too

[@BackToReality]

Thanks so much Libby! And good luck with you hubby ;)

[@frafranildo]

I just caught myself trying to upvote a second time. This video is awesome.

[@mamashanshan2772]

Thank you! You two are so awesome!! All the hay my dad has, and loves gardening out on the farm, this is the best! I shared it with him and my family!!

[@gloriafisher481]

I absolutely love your show I love it I am going to grow all the garlic that I can muster up I love it love it love it love it

[@condeerogers5858]

That was an awesome video. New subscriber. This is my second year at planting garlic. I just finished planting 4, 4X4 raised beds at 6 inches apart also. Then covered them with my sycamore tree leaves, which just happened to drop all it's leaves for me. One thing I like about garlic is that you always have some to plant next year and most of all it's, almost, full proof. The critters hate it too. I call it my no brainer crop. By the way, that is an awesome crop of garlic. Look forward to more videos. Ozark, MO

[@danielschneider9312]

Hej! Glad to see ye back! And it was cool to see the results of the garlic experiment, thanks for posting it

[@e.thomson8830]

I garden in Toronto and Nfld and just love this video - there's no wasted time

[@suziebell59]

And with youtube and people like you I can do whatever I can find a good video for and this was a good one.

[@andosperinasal]

You remind me of Alton Brown and how he explains the science in a wonderfully easy to understand way. Very nice to watch. More videos plssss. 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍

[@Thyhealthconsultation]

Wonderful presentation. I love the energy... Which is now inspiring me to get out of my bed and go work in the garden. Thank you... God Bless !💐

[@MrDoomperson]

At the "4 weeks later" part your audio became much better, than the previous 5 minutes, may be wind, may be the mic. Thanks for the garlic video!

[@LivnMyLifazBestIKan]

Short, informative, and straight to the points of interest! Nice. Thank you for sharing

[@emeraldglowodraws]

Oh wow, I really love the phrase at the last bit, "It doesn't matter how you do it, it's THAT you do it". I've been trying my hand at gardening for 2 years now after being a failed uni graduate (A degree that doesn't have anything to do with gardening....It's a long story). I love gardening but I still have a lot to learn. Every now and then, I feel discouraged gardening especially since I have no stable income while taking care of family matters but I'll persevere. I'll be sure to make time to watch more of your videos. This made me really interested in growing garlic now!

[@sud6646]

@@ericolens3 Lol yep just gotta put in the work

[@kellypawspa]

I hear you, I have a black thumb. Lol

[@gomezaddams6470]

@@kellypawspa Buy some green nail polish. I paint my thumbnails green before I work in the garden LOL I'm not joking. It's all worn off by the time I get in the house gloves or no gloves. But I love it when people look down and see the green on my thumbs. I don't know technical words I don't know Latin names for most things anymore but my mother really taught me just instinctively how to do things. And I owe her so much for it! I can get more of a yield out of a 12 x 15 patio that I'm living with right now then some people do out of a huge Garden. Again I owe my mother so much for letting me follow her since I was a tiny thing pulling the seeds back out that she was putting in......Thanks Mama❤😢🐌🌲🌞

[@richavic4520]

Blue Sky, I'm sure there are Farmer's Markets that you could sell the products of your garden. The County Extension office is a trove of information, as is the Soil Conservation Service. Check to see if there is a Master Gardeners group in your area too. They understand the generational aspects of knowledge and are willing to pass it on. Community gardens are also available if space is limited. Just some strategeries. Good luck!

[@donaldcright5292]

Nice video, very informative as well. I'm a grower myself and would agree with all your information. Well done !

[@cathiematthews1359]

Great lesson in life- it’s not how you do it - just that you do it! ❤️

[@debbie-suefelton1021]

I am really enjoying and learning from your videos! Thanks for sharing what you learn. I love the way you approach this as experiments!

[@ma91cel]

Excellent video with good explanation and close ups :) thanks!! Planted my first 6 garlics this year :)

[@marisstellazambrano9901]

Thank you so mucho for these amazing videos you both do. I simply love them and bless you for your time and good energy.

[@rebeccahowie7234]

Great video!!! I’m so glad I found it!! I’m doing garlic for the first time and this was very informative!! ❤️

[@thesozoguy6175]

Excellent wording and delivery!

[@weltirol3476]

Dude , I didn't know you , but your videos are such great to view! Direct, simple,precise ... Back to Reality!

[@andrewcairns7185]

Thanks .... this will help as we harvest our first garlic crop this year. Really enjoying your videos. Love the format and the content.

[@nachtfrou]

That was a fantastic, engaging and informative video. Thank you!! :)

[@remnantfewministriesminist495]

One of the best videos I have seen on permaculture. I can't wait to try this now in the fall. I have access to a farm for resources and I can't wait to have our own backyard harvest. I already have wild garlic in spring and wild onions in fall but I am excited to finally plant on our property. What a great experiment!Thank you for sharing with all of us. God bless your harvest. New subbie!

[@b.wooten4505]

Thanks for this videos I’m going to pick my garlic in the next week according to the leaves!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️

[@middleway1885]

Woooh! Lol, I dig the playful energies in your contents... Cheers!

[@gfkgfk7178]

I'm really enjoying your videos. Nice to get info on gardening from a fellow Canadian in Canada's climate. Great work, thank you.

[@buzzzangel7177]

Hi. I'm Asha from Mauritius. Your videos and their content are simply mind blowing. God bless you two always. Happy permaculturing friends.

[@natbb9]

Your channel is a standout!

[@M0untainBerry]

Fantastic! Tried growing garlic many times unsuccessfully. Best video I've seen so far on this subject, simple, straight to the point but explains everything from planting to harvest. Never got a clear idea of when it was time to pull them out or how long it took to grow. Many thanks.

[@anamarijapetkovic5053]

I dry them upside down. Then the g-force helps water to run down, in lives. It shortens the drying time. Tie them together, or, even better, use some mesh with wide openings and insert every particular garlic thru hole, bulb upwards. Same goes for onions. Do not let bulbs to touch each other. You are great, so inspirational, thank you and continue the good work.

[@koreath]

Such great videos! You two are great artists!! Thank you for your work.

[@oldmanpatriot1490]

Absolutely beautiful garlic bulbs..

[@NikkiAirytStorytime]

Congrats I spent years looking for a gardening channel and this is the one 🌱 🌱

[@Ikimono]

I watched this last year and in October and planted garlic in generic potting soil, covered up with a boatload of leaves that fell. I just pulled the bulbs a few minutes ago and they are *massive* and fragrant. I cannot wait to do this again this year. Thank you for helping to educate me and better improve myself.

[@nerys71]

so its been a year. where is the update video for the garlic? (I LOVE garlic!!)

[@astrinamartin2240]

Nerys saaaaame lol

[@crocogators]

not a fan of raw garlic but garlic seasoned/flavored love it

[@frantisek5754]

They already published it ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLcaoCfbL2Aarc

[@paquefeal2385]

This video was very informative. I live in the tropics, and always wondered if garlic would grow. So I’ll give it a try with this method. Thanks very much.

[@Marylmac]

I tried planting garlic this way, last season...just one bulb, with about 8 cloves all up, as an after thought one day...and blow me down...they grew! At the same time I planted some bought baby onion "bulbs" to plant and really did just put the little onion bulbs on the soggy straw under the top drier straw...they grew too. I did it all wrong, at the wrong time, with the fresh straw, not aged straw, which I asked for, but as no one here in the Hungarian village understood me...they arrived with 3 of those huge round marshmallows of hay! It's Feb now, I just went to measure up a chook pen, where I had my straw gardens last year and about a dozen garlic clusters are growing with heaps of green tops about 4 inches high. I forgot about them after the excitement of growing a couple of garlics myself. I moved all 8 straw beds in early October, as I didn't check properly for full sun...all day, not half the day Mary! So now all 8 beds are in the middle of the paddock and I'm getting ready to start the year off much wiser, as I didn't understand the growing zones, soil temp etc, as I'm an Aussie, from stinking hot and humid Qld, living in Hungary, where it snows in winter. Yup, as he says in one of his videos...It's not how you do it...it's about doing it!

[@greetingsfrommelbri5874]

Thank you for your video! So informative and tons of great advice. My first time here, I will be back to watch more.

[@growgrowing]

Now that's what I call an info filled and watchable video. thanks

[@SuperPenguin5495]

wow, your videos are very informative and enlightening. please keep it up and cycle through all the root vegetables

[@Heligolands]

That quote at the end was weirdly inspirational for a garlic growing video

[@susanstrickland6774]

Great video as always. Glad you are having so much luck for your hard labor. 👍

[@InTheKitchenWithPete]

I grow over 100 heads each year, great information! Thanks!

[@TheHope4abetterworld]

I love Ruth Stout's garden methods, they really work and are easier than 'traditional' ones.

[@normedwards5305]

Good job! I haven't bought garlic for 10 years. I have some pickled in white vinegar that's almost 10 years old.

[@user-ii1iy8fz1d]

Nice kai. Great vid and great observation re scattered bulbs. Ty.

[@echo1er]

Thanks for taking the time for the animations and editing

[@shaunpettigrew501]

Thank you very much Guys that hit the nail on head I have been wanting to find and enjoyable way to grow my first lot of garlic and successfully and you have lead me to a positive state of mind and ready to rock n roll .Thank you.

[@colorado_snow]

I absolutely love your videos! Thanks and keep them coming!

[@davidesdaile4546]

This is a great adventure story. I wish you guys all the success you deserve. I'm in Australia and our seasons are 6 months different from yours, so the lessons you learn I can pretty much apply as soon as I see the video. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.

[@joeyhardin1288]

Wonderful. In Kentucky, we plant on the shortest day and harvest on the longest. I will try the 1/3 leaf method. AND YES, JUST DO IT!

[@jamesryan6224]

I grow garlic in my house, in a window box inside the window. The green stems are the bomb. I uses them like chives and scallions. They have a combination flavor.

[@futuREtro777]

Yeah, that's great. I do the same - plant a whole garlic bulb and then cut the green stems just as you said. They are the bomb, really. 👍