Let's talk 2027 garlic as promised! We planted almost 2,000 bulbs of garlic this year. It's the most we have ever planted. We decided to double the amount due to it being a customer favorite. There is nothing like a fresh clove of garlic. In past years, we have used smaller rows with no fabric. This year we decided to rotate the crop to a new plot. We prepared the area earlier in the year by covering 1 row with silage tarp and planting cover crop in the other rows. Once the cover crop reached maturity, we cut it down, placed silage tarps on top and allowed it to break down for a few weeks. We fertilized the rows, placed the fabric down and got to planting! Each clove was planted by hand.  

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Allow us to take a moment and wrap our heads around almost 2,000 bulbs of garlic. As you know garlic is sold in bulbs and within that bulb are cloves. We purchased 45 pounds of garlic, within those 45 pounds were roughly 330 bulbs and almost 2000 cloves. After 2 days of breaking open the bulbs and separating the cloves by hand, our tired fingers were ready for planting. When it was finished we were just as tired as our little farm pup. 

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