Garlic Harvest

This weekend we harvested our very first crop of garlic. Last October, we planted two varieties that happened to be available at our local garden store--Early Italian Purple (soft neck), and Purple Glazer (hard neck).  We side-dressed it with a complete organic fertilizer at the end of March, and haven't done much for it since then--such an undemanding crop.

About two weeks ago, we stopped watering, and the weather cooperated by giving us a week of warm, dry days. We waited till most of the leaves had dried and each plant had about 4-5 green leaves left.

Then we dug them up...

...and tied them in bunches with twine.

Now they will hang from the garage rafters to cure for a few weeks.

Such a simple and satisfying crop to grow--and so much fun to harvest--especially for the two year old!