Garlic Growing - Whistling Duck Farm

The Springtime Garlic Schedule – Manage your garlic planting for a great crop

April 7, 2026April 6, 2026 by Mary Alionis

spring garlic plant growing in dirt with orange marker with mountains and blue sky

Fertilizing, Weeding, Watering, and Harvesting Green Garlic & Scapes Spring is when garlic really begins to take off. After the dark days of winter, the plants resume growth as soil temperatures warm and day length increases. Extra attention to fertilizing, keeping beds weed-free, maintaining steady moisture, and even enjoying scapes and a few green garlics, … Read more

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