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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

James,
I did not see any mention of hanging the garlic to dry, and checking it for 
mold, etc.  It cost me 10 for a braid, which I can hang on a hook in the 
kitchen, where it will last for an entire winter, except that I eat it to 
quickly.  Knowing all the work that goes into those wonderours bulbs I am 
happy to pay.  Most of the garlic is all sorts of sizes and are usually about 
4 for a dollar direct from the farmer.
Love my farmer friends!
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hops into action




  > 
  > 

  For insuring your own supply of brew perhaps.

  Three was a piece in the odd magazine "Green Prints"  called "Garlic 
Fever".  
  It is short enough that I could reproduce the whole article here, but out 
of 
  a seldom felt sense of copyright fairness, I'll summarize:

  The writer describes the phenomenon of someone seeing a braid of 12 galic 
  bulbs selling  for $12, does a quick calculation of how much garlic can be 
grown 
  on an acre, and comes to the startling conclusion that he can get $100,000 
for 
  an acre of garlic.

  The blurb goes on to explain that only the very best, perfect garlics are 
  used for such braids, the labor involved in braiding them is tremendous, 
and the 
  farmer only gets about $4 out of that $12 retail price.  Moreover, not one 
  bulb in 30 on a commerical sized planting is suitable for braiding.  
Despite the 
  optimistic arithmetic there is not $100,000 acre of garlic.

  I grow some hops here for my own use.  The resin forms in tiny capsules 
(much 
  like those micro-encapsulated medicines) inside the green flowers.  The 
resin 
  us useable any time, but as the flower ripens, the petals loosen and it 
  shatters.  So the flowers have to be picked after the capusles have formed 
but 
  before the petals have loosened.   On a small scale operation, the harvest 
is by 
  hand.  And it is tedious work with an hour's labor yielding a couple of 
pounds 
  at most.

  For homestead use, this is plenty plenty!  But to sell them, you would be 
  better off as a greeter at WalMart.

  James   </HTML>
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