PATRICE NEWELL

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2018 Garlic Harvest Team

John, Jon, Betty and Ivy have done a great job – originally planting and now harvesting this year’s small garlic crop. Thanks Team!

The Variations in the Shape of Garlics

Rather than grade the garlic according to size – as we normally do – we’ve decided to give everyone an assortment. So it’s going to be Boxes of Mixed Garlic Shapes and Sizes this year. A case of maximising diversity. No point being sad about a small crop.  Roll on 2019.

2018 Garlic slowly growing

This has been the most difficult year ever to grow garlic. Firstly the soil was not as developed as previous years because it’s been just so dry. We don’t know yet how the garlic is truly impacted. Who knows? it may all be okay and the crop will be perfect. In a way these climatic […]

Storing Garlic

Now that I’ve had a chance to chat with fellow garlic growers I can confirm that 2017-18 garlic season has been a shocker for just about everyone. The early heat wave challenged the new bulbs to slowly cure and as a consequence problems arose. If you had any issues with the garlic we posted you […]

Preserving Garlic

  By April most of our garlic varieties have started to sprout. And this is when people often ask, What can I do with it? If you already see green sprouts the best thing is to eat it straight away – all of it – or break off each clove and plant them. This will […]

ByeBye 2017 Garlic Crop

The last of our 2017 garlic crop is being shared with the sheep, as we tidy up the shed and prepare for the 2018 crop. Fingers crossed it will rain soon!