GARLIC

Hello garlic lovers,

We grow a full acre of garlic here on our farm, Green Wave Gardens (the former Bear Creek Nursery) in northeast Washington, Zone 5, at 49°N.  We plant in October and harvest in July. This year we have 21 strains of WSDA certified organic garlic to share with you. Our garlic is all handcrafted, start to finish, using down to earth sustainable and organic means. That means we use all ‘organic’ fertilizers, including compost and green manure cover crops and rotations of at least 4 years. We hand plant, hand weed, hand feed, hand harvest, and hand clean each and every bulb. This is big, beautiful, hard and CLEAN garlic. We do not sell garlic from other growers.

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Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.

Peter Farb and George Armelagos, Consuming Passions:The Anthropology of Eating

Artichoke Varieties Softneck 5Strains

 Award winning taste, great for roasting, good keepers, and biggest bulbs. Also biggest return per bulb, with 10-20 cloves per bulb. Harvest is just after Asiatic and Turbans and before the others. Produces no scapes, easiest grown variety for most climates.   See strains

Porcelain Varieties Hardneck 4Strains

Considered most beautiful of the garlic varieties with their creamy ‘porcelain’ sheen.  Very large, single layered symmetrical cloves that store well. Favored by connoisseurs  & chefs for their rich, earthy taste. Favored for medicinal uses with high allicin content.

 Harvest time is  mid to late season. Likes colder winters. Produces haphazard scapes. Storage is longer than Rocamboles. Production is less than other varieties with less clove count (usually 4-6 per bulb).

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Purple Stripes Hardneck 5Strains

Sweetest baked garlic. Very colorful bulbs. Elongated, tall cloves. Typically smaller cloves than other varieties due to more cloves per bulb than Rocamboles, but peel almost as easily. Mid season harvest. Produces scapes. More spreading than upright. Prefers cooler winters, but generally performs well, even in more southern latitudes. Storage is longer than Rocamboles.  A sub-group, Marbled, have blotches of purple and tend to store slightly longer.  See strains

Rocamboles Hardneck 4Strains

Easy peel!  Average 7-10 tan colored cloves per bulb, typically rounded and blunt clove tips.  Very hot with incredible flavor. Excellent variety for pickling or dehydrating, grinding.

Does not grow well in warmer winter climates, prefers colder climates (try Purple Stripes instead in warmer climates).  Rocamboles are typically more challenging to grow because of their need for the best of growing conditions. Produces beautiful coiled scapes. Does not store as well as other varieties, so use before the holidays are over.  See strains

Asiatic/  Turbans Hardneck 3Strains

*May grow softnecks in milder winters.

First garlic to sprout from the ground and first to harvest every year. Watch them closely near harvest. Does well in more arid regions, with good moisture maintained. Not a good storage variety, but excellent for early eating/market sales.

Absolutely beautiful variety, with scarcity in the market.  See strains