Our garlic crop is harvested and hanging which is a huge project! Over 2500 bulbs are pulled from the ground, stacked on a trailer and brought inside to be tied up in bundles and hung on the rafters of our tractor barn. It takes a couple of weeks of warm dry conditions for the garlic to cure properly. During curing, the bulb dries out so that it will store at room temperature for several months. The flavors also develop during this time. So get ready for the thing that can really make a dish sing. It will be available for your shares in a week or two.
As you can see from the picture, we don't have the safest method for hanging the bundles. I lift Chris up in the tractor bucket (which is not advised by the manufacturer) where he skillfully balances in the small space 15 feet in the air while lifting the big bulky bundles and tossing them over the barn rafters to hang. I'm always super impressed at his skill and wishing we had a safer way at the same time because if he weren't around I sure as heck wouldn't be doing it!
