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I missed out on the horse incident. Was it fun?

I think my biggest issue is air flow, when I'm storing garlic. Also, I  
don't really have a good pantry. I used to use the dining room which  
is log, and banked in, and cool, but Roy turnt it into a radio room.

I am not doing without a serious kitchen /pantry space in our new  
house. Even if it just needs to be in my imagination for a while. : )


On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Gene GeRue wrote:

> 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.
>
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