89 - How to Harvest, Store, and Cure Garlic

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

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🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

You've watched your beautiful garlic plants grow for months, and the time nears for harvest. But how do you know when to harvest garlic? And once you harvest, how do you cure and store it?

The good news is this: harvesting, curing, and storing garlic is almost as easy as growing it! You only need to know a few basics and you'll be eating garlic from your own backyard garden for months.

In this episode of the Beginner's Garden Podcast and in the post below, I show you what to do when your garlic nears harvest time. Click to listen or continue reading below.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Beginners Garden podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net,
0:06.1	and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to grow a rewarding, productive garden. Hey guys. Happy summer solstice. Well, almost. We're not quite there if you're listening in
0:34.3	real time. But in just a few days, it will be June 21st, which is the
0:39.1	longest day of the year for those of us who are up in the northern hemisphere. And it's the fun day,
0:45.8	right? Hopefully the garden is going well and you're not too overrun with pest and diseases and
0:52.1	heat quite yet, but I know a lot of that depends on where we live,
0:55.8	but this is also the time of year when I begin to harvest my garlic. Do you have garlic growing in
1:02.2	your garden right now? I really hope you do because I'm a huge fan. It's one of the, well,
1:08.9	it's the easiest crop that I grow.
1:15.7	The only thing about it is you really need to plant it in the fall for best results.
1:18.1	So if you don't have it growing in your garden right now,
1:24.5	I still hope that this episode where I'm talking about how to harvest, cure, and store garlic will be one that you tuck back in your mind for possibly next year.
1:29.1	And hopefully you'll get ready to start planting garlic this fall for a harvest next season.
1:36.2	But for those of you who do have garlic growing in your garden right now, I thought it would
1:40.3	be fun to be able to offer you an episode where I talk about my insights in how to
1:47.1	harvest, cure, and store garlic. I actually decided to do this episode because I have a YouTube
1:53.4	video where I share this information and it's my most viewed YouTube video by far. So obviously
2:00.3	lots of people are looking for some tips on how to
2:03.3	harvest their garlic. And I was one of those people. Because garlic isn't like onions. It's not one that
2:09.7	starts popping out of the ground and you kind of know when it's ready. It really takes knowing
2:14.9	what you're doing and what you're looking for to know when the optimum time
2:18.5	to harvest it is. And then what do you do? If you're like me, I try to grow enough garlic to last me all
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