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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 31, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> Celia, dry them a LOT.  Even a short stay in a dehydrator.  It only  
> improves
> the garlic.  I'm close to where Jeanne is and it is very humid here  
> in the
> temperate rain forrest.

That is really interesting. Heartwood is plenty humid. I hang pulled  
garlic in bunches of a dozen or so, high and near the back wall of the  
sloped East Wing ceiling. Full shade. I installed a small ceiling fan  
in there that runs a lot in the summer.

As with James, my biggest challenge is growing enough to last until  
next harvest. I hereby confess to the following extreme levels of  
wrongdoing: in Phoenix I buy garlic in three-pound bags for less than  
five dollars each--at Sam's Club. Grown in China. Beautiful stuff. Now  
loaded in the truck are four such bags. I am going to try for a big  
spring planting which will be first priority upon arriving at home.  
None planted last fall because of the horse incident the previous  
winter.