I really let the weeds in the garlic bed get away from me this summer. I went out to weed it yesterday, but the leaves had already started turning yellow. It was time to pull it. So instead of just pulling weeds, I harvested the garlic, too.
It went so much better this year than last year! Last year, we’d had so many days straight of rain that I was afraid the bulbs would rot in the ground, so I pulled them in the mud. The were so completely covered in mud that I had to spend several hours rinsing them off. And pulling any kind of root crop out of mud is like trying to pull your foot out of deep mud without losing your shoe. We ended up snapping off a lot of stems and had to spend extra time digging bulbs out of the mud. But not this year! I did have to use two hands to pull it, but it popped right out and was relatively clean. After we hang it to cure for a few weeks, we’ll remove the outer skin and the dirt will come right off with it.
Considering the weed pressure this year, I’m not at all disappointed with the size of these bulbs. I think some of them might even be bigger than last year’s!
