These are my other two favourite garlic books. These are my other two favourite garlic books. Growing Great Garlic (by Ron Engeland) was my constant companion in my early garlic years. This book would be spread open on the straw mulch as I compared the scape size and colour with the descriptions in the book. … More My Two Other Favourite Garlic Books
Last summer I successfully grew true garlic seed. I was thrilled. In the middle of the winter I followed Ted Jordan Meredith and Avram Drucker’s advice and soaked the garlic seeds in a 1% solution of household bleach. I then rinsed the seeds and placed them on moist paper towels in a ziplock bag in … More 2013 True Garlic Seed Update
Have you been wondering what happened with my attempt to produce true garlic seed? Here’s how it went … (Reminder: True garlic seed is different from the bulbils that appear in mature garlic scapes. You can read a true garlic seed primer and a garlic bulbil primer in past GTS posts. Or read Ted Meredith … More True Garlic Seed Update
Ever since I first heard about true garlic seed in the garlic news published by Paul Pospisil, I have wanted to get my hands on some. This past winter I got part of my wish. Ted Meredith (author The Complete Book of Garlic) and Avram Drucker wrote a clear introduction to producing true garlic seed … More Looking For True Garlic Seed