Garlic Growing - Whistling Duck Farm

Best Garlic Varieties – a Garlic for Every Garden, a Garlic for Every Plate!

March 28, 2026March 24, 2026 by Mary Alionis

image of 6 pieces of the best garlic varieties spread out and labelled on a wood table

Choosing the best garlic varieties for your farm or garden will be informed by your growing conditions and your preferences – flavor, storage needs, scapes in the spring, braiding potential, or maximum bulb size, for example. Garlic is broadly divided into Hardneck and Softneck types, with specialty subgroups within the types. Hardnecks tend to thrive … Read more

Best Uses for Garlic Scapes – Big bold garlic bulbs await! But first, some scapes.

March 29, 2026June 14, 2023 by Mary Alionis

The Solstice is coming and it’s almost garlic harvest time. The weeks leading up to harvest when you’re a garlic grower are filled with garlic scapes, those curly top-sets on hard stem garlic varieties. We’ve always snapped bushels full to sell at markets, to local stores and at our on-farm store, enticing folks with delicious … Read more