“Without garlic I simply would not care to live.” – Louis Diat
So growing garlic is one of my favourite gardening adventures.
And today was garlic harvest day.
In January 2012, we visited a friend in Meander, Tasmania (an absolutely gorgeous part of Australia, if you ever get the chance to go there). When we were leaving (to do some more Tassie touring), he gave me three heads of beautiful organic Tasmanian garlic. Since then, I've been growing it. Today, despite my chooks' attempt to decimate the garlic crop a while back, I harvested 28 lovely heads, including an enormous one, at least 5cm wide!
My monster garlic head! |
So I've picked it, braided it (I just watch this video for instructions- I still need a little practice!),
My 'braids' |
I cannot wait to cook up lots of lovely garlicky things!
I love roasted garlic cloves with some roast lamb, or a bit of cabbage fried in butter and garlic (and perhaps a little vegemite!). My father-in-law used to swear by a raw clove of garlic and a slice of cheese every evening. What's your favourite garlic recipe?