Time I started to lift the garlic?

I'll have to go and remind myself what these are called. They're the immature flower heads of the hard-necked garlic, and are a culinary delicacy, apparently.

I'm pleased with how the garlics are looking.

# 2553I'm pleased with how the garlics are getting on.

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# 2383The best of this year's garlic being preparing for replanting. The 'hard-necked' variety (left) is 'Morado', the 'sof-necked' is 'Vigor'.

# 2382# 2381.. and laid out in their final positions.

# 2290Garlic 'Morado.' Pretty good results, I think, for a 'chance' planting (Click on it's 'Label' below (and then scroll down to it's first post) to see why.)

# 2231# 2230I've recently learnt that it's termed a 'hard-necked' variety. Results pretty good, considering it was supermarket-brought!

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# 2181I was a little worried over them as they've gone to seed (Notice the curlys) but lifting one early has reassured me that they should still be okay.

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# 1883# 1882Total Allotment time: 5 hrs
Principle Tasks: Finishing grubbing up and composting the rye green manure from veg bed 02. Mulching the 'Morado' garlic with garden compost. Sowing grass seed alond the border path. Just loving the sky today!

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# 1738Total Allotment Time: 4hrs
Principle Tasks: Planting 23 garlic 'Morado' cloves in veg bed 03. Continuing digging in the clover in vb01. Continuing grubbing up the rye in vb02 and adding to compost bin. Putting together new outdoor tool store.

# 173723 cloves just prior to planting into veg bed 03.

# 1736# 1735.39£1.19 from TESCO. Will it be worth it? Have they been treated with growth inhibitors?