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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

The 'scapes' are the seedheads and their stalks. It's supposed to be good
to remove them so the plant puts it's energy into bulbs instead of seed
(there's a lot of debate about that). There's a 'science' to when to cut
them...when they make one full loop is what I read. They are very
good...sort of like giant garlic chives.

If you are harvesting garlic already, we are WAY behind you. I've got
another month or so till harvest.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garlic scape question


>
> On Jun 22, 2007, at 6:47 AM, tonitime AT juno.com wrote:
>
> > Yup, Gene!  If picked young, they are tender, mild, and greenish-
> > tasting
> > garlics.  We use them in stir-fry also.
> > Toni
> >
> >
> > You really eat the stalks?
>
> Young and tender, I understand. This is garlic harvest time and
> stalks are hard, some too hard to braid. I just grab them together,
> loop a string around them and hang from a cup hook in The East Wing.
>
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