BBC needs garlic growers!

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Permalink Reply by Debi Williamson on July 20, 2011 at 16:49

I would be very interested in taking part in this!  Debi

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Permalink Reply by Alice Binks on July 20, 2011 at 16:57

Hi Debi,

 

Do you grow garlic in your garden/allotment.  I'd love to know where you got your seeds/bulbs froma dn which varieties you grow?

 

Alice

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Permalink Reply by Debi Williamson on July 20, 2011 at 17:04

I live deep in the country side and use the garden for veg (and chickens).  They are a hardneck variety, I will find out what vareity they are.

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Permalink Reply by Jade Hwang on July 20, 2011 at 19:21

I also grow my own garlic.  Very small scale, just sufficient for home use.  They grow very well in my heavy clay soil.  I use them as green garlic, which is milder in flavour than the mature one.

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Permalink Reply by Alice Binks on July 21, 2011 at 11:06

If you could let me know whereabouts in the UK you are based that would be great as we are limited as to where we can travel.

 

If anyone is growing Elephant garlic I would be really interested to know.

Thank you,

Alice

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Permalink Reply by Sue Gollop on July 21, 2011 at 23:01

I have a Brazilian daughter-in-law living round the corner and garlic is an essential part of her daily diet-and I have lived in India so crucial for Indian food.  I make a garlic and ginger paste which I freeze in small batches ready for almost any Indian dish. I have tried all manner of (soft neck) varieties over the past 4 years since I have had my allotment but I always come back to Albigensian Wight which seems to suit this Northern seaside climate best and which seems to store the best. I could almost turn my whole allotment over to garlic but I want to grow other stuff as well.  Just beginning to harvest and dry out my crop now.  I buy my bulbs to plant from the Garlic Farm.  I just love growing garlic!

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Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on July 22, 2011 at 6:17

I grow Elephant Garlic and have some drying now

Whether of not you would be interested in it is another story :)

I also grow Tuscany Wight, These are the two larger Garlic varieties

I live in Salisbury, Wiltshire

Alice Binks said:

If you could let me know whereabouts in the UK you are based that would be great as we are limited as to where we can travel.

 

If anyone is growing Elephant garlic I would be really interested to know.

Thank you,

Alice

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Permalink Reply by Rob Duffin on July 22, 2011 at 9:35

So is that the 'Great British Food Revival within travelling distance of London' then? LOL.

Probably picked the worst time of year to ask that question though as I can't imagine many of us have got much left in the ground now. And I can't imagine pictures of Darren's Elephant Garlic drying are going to make rivetting TV, lovely as I'm sure it is Darren ;>)

Garlic was the first thing I planted on my plot as I cleared it almost 5 years ago now, think I ended up with 50 odd bulbs that first year, LOL. Has to be said my garlic was crap this year though when everyone else seems to have had a great year. Think I grew Solent Wight, but I've already got my order in for Thermidrome this next year which I've always grown in the past with no problems at all.

Alice Binks said:

If you could let me know whereabouts in the UK you are based that would be great as we are limited as to where we can travel.

 

If anyone is growing Elephant garlic I would be really interested to know.

Thank you,

Alice

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Permalink Reply by Debi Williamson on July 22, 2011 at 10:25

LOL Rob, well Im in Northern Ireland, which is a bit of a distance form London!!!  I have my garlic drying now, and I will save three or four to split and replant later on, so you could say that we are self sufficient in garlic!! whoop whoop!  We actually tried some last night in a chilli (with our own chillies, onions etc), and it was lovely!!

I did plant mine late (naughty) but because of the late snow it seemed to be chilli enough to give them the kick start to split, only two didnt!  So Im really pleased with that!!

 

I suppose NI has a slighty different climate  than the rest of the UK, I suppose whereever you are over here you are at max 1 1/2 from the coast!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Petra Hoyer Millar on July 28, 2011 at 22:19

Hi Alice,

 

I sent you an email, but just in case that did not come through. I grow Elephant garlic and still have some in thr ground. That is due to the fact that it flowers so beautifully!

 

If of interest let me know.

 

Alice Binks said:

If you could let me know whereabouts in the UK you are based that would be great as we are limited as to where we can travel.

 

If anyone is growing Elephant garlic I would be really interested to know.

Thank you,

Alice

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