Lorz Italian Garlic Harvest 2015

Finally after 8 months of waiting we were able to harvest our 1st variety of garlic today June 24, 2015 – Lorz Italian.

This particular variety of garlic grew well in our soil, the bulbs looked healthy and beautiful. Now to let them cure for a bit and soon we will be able to see how they taste.

Garlic

During the gardening season of 2014 we decided that it was time to add garlic to our selection of vegetables in the garden, so in the fall around October we purchase 5 different varieties from Big Johns Garden – Organic Garlic and Shallots. We were very pleased with the service and quality of his garlic bulbs that we received from him. Here is a link to his web page and you tube video if you are interested and would like to know more..

http://www.bigjohnsgarden.com/growyourowngarlic.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL2efKbSR3w

The varieties we decided to try were.

1- Music 1/4 lb – gave us 15 ind cloves

2- Inchelium Red 1/4 lb – 23 ind cloves

3- Lorz Italian 1/4 lb – 26 ind cloves

4- Chesnok Red 1/4 lb – 36 ind cloves

5- Nootka Rose 1/4 lb  42 ind cloves

January 2015 – Here is a picture of our garlic bed during winter buried in snow. The little wooden stakes section off the five different varieties planted.

March 2015 – Here you can see that the snow is starting to melt and we can see the garlic shoots starting to come out of the ground. We should be able to harvest sometime around the end of June.

Update – March 23, 2015

Update – April 28, 2015

Update – May 23, 2015

Update June 5, 2015

The garlic tips are starting to go brown, we will be harvesting as soon as 50% of the green tip has turned brown.

End of June and Early July finally harvest time !