The Garlic Blog
What are Garlic Scapes?
If you love garlic, then you've got to try garlic scapes.
Garlic scapes are the long green shoots that grow from the ...
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Happy Spring!
Here at the farm our garlic is coming up strong, the weather has been quite favorable with many blue-sky days. We hav...
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Did you know that you could grow garlic in containers?
Garlic plants can be grown closely together, leaving enough space for the bulbs to mature, and are easily grown in containers of sufficient depth.
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Freezing Garlic to preserve it for a longer time
Garlic can be prepared in a number of ways for freezing.
1. Chop garlic, wrap it tightly in a plastic freezer bag or ...
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How to get the most health benefits from your garlic
To get the most health benefits from garlic, let it sit for about 10 minutes, after cutting and before eating or cook...
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Drying Garlic
Dry only fresh, firm garlic cloves with no bruises. To prepare, separate and peel the cloves and cut them in half len...
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August Farm Update
August has been a busy month so far at Red Lion Organic Farms. With garlic harvesting and processing well under way and the market garden booming, we are hard at work and enjoying every moment.
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Roasting Garlic
Roasted garlic is sweet to the taste - delicious as a flavoring ingredient, a vegetable side dish, or on bread or crackers as an appetizer.
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Storing Garlic in Wine or Vinegar and Refrigerating
Peeled cloves may be submerged in undiluted (full-strength) wine or vinegar and stored in the refrigerator. Adding wi...
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Storing Garlic
Softneck garlic can be kept in good condition under commercial storage conditions for up to 9 months when held near 0...
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