Each January, we generally take stock of the new year and our new goals. February is a good time to get practical and remember to check on how well your garlic is aging in your
Learning About Garlic
Answering Your Questions
We’ve gotten a few questions through our website, and I want to answer them here so everyone can see the answers. Question: This garlic is different. I can’t get it through my garlic press or
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Learning About Garlic
Roasting Garlic
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How Much Is Enough?
We are selling our garlic in 1.5 lb packs (5 Sisters Gourmet pack) or 5 lb packs (Family pack) this year. Precisely how many bulbs is that? I’ll give you a Farmer answer: it depends.
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Is It Supposed to Look Like THAT?
I have a clear memory of eating some chicken when I was a young kid. I said “Ewww, Mom, what’s wrong with this chicken? It’s mushy!” My mom explained, “Oh, I bought that at a
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We’re Almost Ready!
Last weekend was a flurry of activity in Bemidji to continue processing our garlic. As you remember, we harvested in July and hung the garlic to cure for several weeks. We process our garlic by
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The Curing Process Continues
We harvested our garlic July 17-26, and now it is curing in our drying barn. We used the method of cleaning where we strip a leaf from the garlic stem to clean the bulb. Last
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2020 Harvest Begins
We began our 2020 harvest today, and we harvested just under 1/3 of our crop. We have 4 main stations for harvest: digging up the bulbs, cleaning the bulbs, bundling the bulbs in groups of
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The Precise Time to Harvest
If scientists, accountants, and bakers appreciate precision and predictability, they should avoid farming. Farming is the great “It Depends.”