In August we were vendors at the 10th Annual Minnesota Garlic Festival in Hutchinson, MN. The event brought thousands of garlic lovers together to celebrate. It was a blast to talk with so many people who LOVE garlic. And, our German Red won First Prize in the garlic growing contest for “Biggest Rocambole”! Thank you to all who came out to see us at the Garlic Festival.
We are having an exciting season at Big Stone Garlic! Our harvest in July brought some of our most beautiful garlic, yet. This year we are also selling garlic locally on twincitieslocalfood.com. This is a great online farmers market for people in the Twin Cities.
Garlic News
Summer is Here and so are the Garlic Scapes!
The field is full of the beautiful pigtail curlicues. So, our kitchen is full of the smell of garlic scapes-roasted, sautéed, in pesto and soup. Lots have been chopped and used like green onions, adding a mild garlic treat to mashed potatoes, casseroles and salads.
Here are some recipes to get you started using your garlic scapes:
Pics from Garlic Harvest 2015
Sustainable Farming!
Last week we attended a Sustainable Farming Meeting in Milan (not the one in Italy) We got signed up to be a part of Sustainable Farming! There were a few drawings for prizes, and I got to help with the drawing. My cousin even won a head massaging thing.
January 25, 2015
Breaking Ground
This year we are growing a new variety called Inchelium Red. It is the mildest variety that we are currently growing. I ate some raw during planting. It was good! This year we are planting our garlic in a newly and slowly reclaimed yard right behind our garlic shed (with trees 20 feet tall and weeds 6 feet high!), Right on the shore of Artichoke Lake.
