Tag Archives: Organic garlic

HOW WE SHIP GARLIC ORDERS

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We ship our seed and or culinary garlic with Canada Post’s if it fits it ships boxes. In the medium box you can ship up to 6 pounds for $25.00. If that is not enough, you can ship up to 11 pounds for $33.00. If you require a larger order the shipping amount will go […]

Planting Garlic in Fall or Spring

Planting Garlic in fall

The best time to plant Hard neck Garlic is in the fall, but if for whatever reason that does not work out for you it can still be planted mid winter or also in the spring. This all of coarse depends on the ability to work the soil. The reason for planting in the fall, […]

Cover crop / rotation – Garlic farm

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Cover cropping when growing garlic is as much a pillar of no-till farming and or gardening as crop rotation and weeding. Feeding the soil is an integral component to any gardener’s toolkit. Whether you are buying a new bag of soil to add to your patio planters, using your own compost or cover cropping with […]

Growing Garlic – 3 Key Things

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There are a number of ways that you can grow Garlic. You can grow garlic using a no till farm system like we do or conventional farming system, tilling and planting. You can grow with or without raised beds. You can choose to cover crop or not. You can choose to grow organically or conventionally. […]

Garlic Scape Pesto / Pistou

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The scapes are harvested in early summer when they begin appearing at the markets, and adding them to basil pesto is a brilliant way to use them. This recipe combines fresh basil and garlic scapes along with pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil. It takes just a few minutes to whip up in a […]

Garlic Two Years From Bulbil!

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One of the reasons for our excitement are the results in our Porcelain patch. It is June 14th and we will soon be harvesting the bulbs. In this patch we are growing 6 different varieties. Susan Delafield, Music, Georgian Fire, Majestic, Georgian Crystal and Portugal Azures. In the photos below you will see they are […]

Spring 2022 Garlic Progress Report

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So it is now mid May and the 2022 crop has once again faced some extraordinary weather challenges and shown us how important it is to be aware of what is going on in your field and just how resilient garlic is! On November 12th 2021, we had three atmospheric rivers hit us over a […]

Garlic Harvest 2021

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Well the results of the this years garlic harvest were pretty much what we expected. The yield was down a bit from the previous year but considering the unusual weather conditions, we experienced a rapid temperature drop with damaging winds in March and then the heat dome of 42 C for 5 days just as […]

Atmospheric River – Great Garlic

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This Atmospheric River at Great Garlic is exactly why field preparation for growing garlic is so valuable. On November 15th and 16th 2021 we experienced an exceptional weather event. Here in Greendale BC we are located in the Fraser valley on the lower mainland of British Columbia. We saw an unprecedented On November 15th and […]

Creamy Garlic Prawns

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Garlicky prawns in a velvety cream sauce is the ultimate comfort food served with toasty Garlic bread to soak up that yummy sauce! Ingredients 500g / 1lb peeled prawns or shrimp, large / jumbo best1 garlic cloves, finely minced1 tbsp olive oil1/2 tsp black pepper1/2 tsp salt COOKING PRAWNS 15g / 1 tbsp unsalted butter […]