Our Fire Cider is ready and the garlic curing process is done! Our Fire Cider and garlic sale starts soon! We will hold a “Farmers Market” in Shoreview MN on Thurs Aug 25 5-8p, Fri
Healthy Living
Garlic Harvest 2022
We started harvesting garlic last weekend, July 15 in northern Minnesota. We will harvest the garlic varieties separately over the next 2 weeks as they mature at different rates. We harvest and clean the garlic
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Learning About Garlic
Scrumptious Scapes are Back Again!
We have reached a fun time in the garlic cycle again – scapes are forming! Scapes grow at the top of the garlic plant and will become a flower unless they are plucked off. Most
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Learning About Garlic
Online Sales Start Sept 3
We will open up our online sales on September 3, 2021. Mark your calendars to order early because we sell out every year! Check out this year’s varieties here – Armenian, Montana Giant, Spanish Roja,
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Learning About Garlic
Garlic Market Success!
Our first garlic market was a great success! Thanks to all of you who stopped over to choose your own garlic and chat. We had wonderful conversations with old friends and made a bunch of
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Learning About Garlic
The Curing Stage
We finished harvest about a week ago, and the garlic is curing in our drying barn. The curing process dries the thin, papery sheaths around each clove, which allows the garlic clove to last in
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Learning About Garlic
Harvest Underway
Harvest has begun! We plan to harvest over the course of 3-4weeks instead of having one big harvest weekend as we have done in the past.
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Learning About Garlic
It’s time for garlic scapes!
It’s time again for garlic scapes, the part of the plant that would become a flower. Rather than letting the flower grow, most garlic farmers snip off the scape to direct the energy of the plant
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Learning About Garlic
It’s a new season
Spring has returned again to Northern Minnesota! I believe that because of our 4 seasons and our cold winters, Minnesotans tend to appreciate spring in a unique and significant way. This spring at 5 Sisters