It is now that 'Should I pull the garlic, or wait a little longer' stage of gardening

[Siwsan]

The paper on the scapes are just barely starting to dry and the bottle leaves are brown. The problem is, we've gotten a lot of rain and I hate pulling garlic when the ground is wet.

It's going to be 90, today and tomorrow, so maybe I'll pull a few from the south facing gardens, later this afternoon, and see how it looks. (Yea, it's growing in EVERY garden.)

[Polly Hennessey]

1. I have been told it keeps vampires 🧛‍♀️ at bay.

[Siwsan]

4. It must, because I've never had problems with them.

[Ocelot II]

2. Pull it and bury it in the deepest hole you can dig, then cover it with concrete.

I'm kidding; that's just what I would do because I hate garlic.

[wryter2000]

3. Hate garlic?

I’ll be on the fainting couch.

[Ocelot II]

5. Yup, hate it, onions too.

Onions and garlic taste unbearably bitter to me.

[Siwsan]

6. I LOVE garlic. Especially my home grown stuff.

When I have any sort of respiratory infection, I make a vegetable soup with so much garlic in it, my eyes start to water.

It has cured infections better than any OTC or prescribed medications I've tried.

[dem4decades]

7. You left the scapes on? If you think the garlic is close pull one and see.

Our leaves haven't turned brown yet and we could use some sun. We've had days upon days of that shit southern weather getting pumped up to us, humid, wet, thunderstorms, just plain miserable.

[rampartc]

8. nice luttle bunch of red "heat wave" tomatoes.

i was going to pick them yesterday morning for maximum beauty and flavor. walked to the garden with my picking basket , but, that 'possum did not even thank me for his beautiful, tasty breakfast. have you ever seen a 'possum run, or jump a fence? they are surprising athletic..

[Siwsan]

9. I've got a lot of green Early Girl, Grape and Cherry tomatoes.

The San Marzano and Marinara are coming along. Still waiting on the Golden Jubilee.

Our weather has been so erratic. Today and tomorrow at 90 then fluctuating between the mid 70's and low 80's for the rest of the week.

[rampartc]

10. i've been growing "sweet hundreds, " small cherries but very tasty

"celebrity" is about played out but they are always good.

i've been growing the heat resistant varieties , "heat wave" and most years i like "phoenix," but they have refused to set this year (it may be too hot even for them.)

tomatoes are my favorite crop. we did not have much winter this year so i had an early start and a bumper crop before the hornworms arrived.....