Home grown cool season lettuces have been on our dinner plate for a few weeks now. Next up - garlic scapes. Funny name yes, garlic you know, their scapes are the flower stalks of hard neck garlic varieties. Cutting the scapes down a couple of weeks prior to harvest will help the bulbs put on weight, meaning they'll grow to their largest potential, all good. Our garlic patch of 2019 looked to be one of the best in years until the middle of the night devastating hail storm ten days ago. Many of the leaves were injured so I'm not sure how the bulbs will be this year. You know I'll let you know after harvest.
Here's a blog from a year ago on how to cut your scapes. I also did a garlic harvest video with The Denver Post a few years ago, link below.
Time to Cut Garlic Scapes
Fall Planted Garlic Harvest - The Denver Post video
Don't toss the scapes ... eat them!!!
How to Cook with Garlic Scapes
Garlic Scape Pesto
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