You put your seeds in there, man.
By Tabitha Alterman and Megan Phelps
If you're a serious garlic fanatic, you will want to try growing your own garlic. It doesn't take up much room, but it can be a little tricky. Check out Plant Now for Great Garlic to learn more about garlic cultivation. And here are your best bets for seed sources:
If you are aware of more great sources for garlic gardeners, please use the comments section below to tell us about them.
Seed and food garlic is available from Charliesgourmetgarlic.com. They are located in Hudson, Ohio and have primarily four strains available in quantity: Susanville softneck, Music, German White, and Siberian Marbled Purple Stripe as hardneck garlic. Sincerely Charles Feldman
Grey Duck Garlic, a small certified organic farm in WA, sells great tasting organic seed garlic and gourmet culinary garlic at www.greyduckgarlic.com. Grey Duck Garlic is a women-run operation that is also conducting research on organic weed control methods in garlic.
A wonderful selection of 18 varieties of certified organic garlic, garlic seed stock, and garlic scapes can be ordered from www.2sistersgarlic.com. 2 Sisters Garlic is located in southwest Iowa.
This is to inform you that seed garlic is also available from Charliesgourmetgarlic.com for the coming year 2009. They are located in Hudson, Ohio and will have this website up and running in January. They offer 12 varieties. Bulk seed is available for Music, German White, and Susanville.
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