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We use tulle for storage. It's a netting fabric you can 
get for about 67 cents a yard. During my last purchase the 
fabric store lady asked if I was sewing a wedding dress 
and I answered "Several--for my onions!!" --Sage

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:35:05 -0500
 Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Robert Walton wrote:
>
> > I put the garlic out on an old piece of plywood to dry 
> > off and then
> > the plan is to brush dirt off and tie in bunches to 
> > hang. What's the
> > best way to get it through the rest of summer, then fall 
> > and winter?
>
> Ideal garlic keeping conditions are temperature in low 
> thirties, fifty  
> to seventy percent relative humidity and some air 
> movement.
>
> Few of us can achieve that. So get as close as you 
> can--as cool as  
> possible but not freezing and enough air movement to 
> avoid mold.  
> Curing well before storage also helps prevent mold.
>
> Do not put in plastic bags. You want air movement 
> through the bulbs. I  
> tie ten to twelve stalks together and hang them above my 
> head.
>
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