Hope springs eternal, even in a time of a global pandemic, and there is no better example of hope than the beauty and magic of plants rising from the earth in the springtime. Our garlic,
Learning About Garlic
How Long Will Garlic Last?
Last week I pulled my last two bags of 2018 garlic out of storage. Each year when the garlic is harvested and cured, I buy enough to last the entire year, since I don’t want
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Healthy Living
The Plants Whispered Thank You
We had our share of weeding at the farm this weekend. Thankfully, many of us were there to share the work together. There were several different kinds of weeds, but one in particular seemed the
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Healthy Living
It’s All in the Family
There is a lot of activity at the farm these days monitoring the garlic as it grows. We had a cold spring in Bemidji, and our harvest might end up to be a week or
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Learning About Garlic
The Garlic Growing Year
It’s spring in Minnesota, and we are all so excited to plant our seeds or seedlings and watch them burst to life! Are we ready to plant our garlic then? NO! Hard Neck garlic (the
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Learning About Garlic
Thoughts on 2018 Planting Season
Growing up in Northern Minnesota, we learned early that we couldn’t predict the weather. So it was no surprise that our weather this year was nothing like last year. When we planted in October 2017,
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Business
Garlic Planting Is Done!
We had a successful garlic planting weekend at 5 Sisters Organics Farm in Bemidji Oct 12-14, 2018. We planted approximately 9,000 cloves with many new varieties that we are excited to try! Last year when
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Learning About Garlic
Storing Garlic – A Successful Approach!
My garlic lasted more than a year! I am just finishing up the lasts of my garlic from the 2017 harvest! Most websites will estimate that hardneck garlic will store for up to 8 months.
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Learning About Garlic
Do You Know What Is In Your Garlic?
It’s very likely that your grocery store garlic is full of heavy metals and bleach! Like everything in our current food chain, you need to know where your garlic comes from. The New York Post,