Greg Who Cooks
Executive Chef
Thanks blissful! And having a garden is a requirement for me. I'm sure it will happen, only question is where and when.
At my old place I just got by planting excess garlic from my kitchen when it started growing green shoots. I just break the head apart into cloves and poke a bunch of holes in the ground and plant them about 1-2 inches apart. It's interesting that here in So. Cal. the climate is so mild that I can plant them any time of the year. I like to keep a lot of garlic on hand because I use a lot, so I'm frequently in the situation of having 1-2 heads starting to grow green shoots. I just keep planting them and eventually most of them come up. I'm recycling my garlic!
When I harvest a garlic plant (I don't pick them all at the same time) I like to use not only the head (bulb) but also the stem and flowers. For example I divide the immature flower into sections and use that in a salad.
At my old place I just got by planting excess garlic from my kitchen when it started growing green shoots. I just break the head apart into cloves and poke a bunch of holes in the ground and plant them about 1-2 inches apart. It's interesting that here in So. Cal. the climate is so mild that I can plant them any time of the year. I like to keep a lot of garlic on hand because I use a lot, so I'm frequently in the situation of having 1-2 heads starting to grow green shoots. I just keep planting them and eventually most of them come up. I'm recycling my garlic!
When I harvest a garlic plant (I don't pick them all at the same time) I like to use not only the head (bulb) but also the stem and flowers. For example I divide the immature flower into sections and use that in a salad.
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