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Default Garlic shortage may be looming

Kalmia wrote:
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> On Aug 1, 2:12 pm, John Kane > wrote:
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> > Note to self: Go to local garlic festival and pick up a couple of
> > braids.

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> How do you plan to store it and how long will it 'last'?


My mom grows them and hangs them from the rafters
in her garage. They keep well until the next year's
crop come in. She grows the hard-stem variety. I'm not
sure the more common soft-stem variety keeps that well.
Braided garlic is soft-stem.