What can you grow in a high country desert that deer won't eat? Garlic of course. I tried shallots once, the deer didn't eat those but they did pull them up. The also pulled up the onions. Garlic and Potatoes seem to be the only deer proof crops.
I haven't actually planted garlic for a couple of years now but once you have it in the garden it's not going away. This is the elephant garlic getting ready to go to seed. The lack of rain has made the garlic very happy.
I have elephant and spanish garlic "volunteers". They're ugly, but very strong since they're not being watered except by what falls out of the sky.
The scapes are delicious. I love to chop them up and make a scape pesto.
If you let the seeds dry out you can plant them in the Spring. It will take a year before you have mature garlic that's really why it's easier to plant garlic cloves in the Fall.
My other favorite thing to do with garlic seeds (other than replanting them) is as a flavoring for olive oil or for red wine. Take a small bottle of olive oil and "infuse" it with garlic flavor by dumping a whole bunch of garlic seeds in the bottom. It's the same principle for red wine. You infuse the wine with garlic seeds or cloves of garlic. This is the *perfect* thing to deglaze a pan of sauteed mushrooms.
I haven't actually planted garlic for a couple of years now but once you have it in the garden it's not going away. This is the elephant garlic getting ready to go to seed. The lack of rain has made the garlic very happy.
I have elephant and spanish garlic "volunteers". They're ugly, but very strong since they're not being watered except by what falls out of the sky.
The scapes are delicious. I love to chop them up and make a scape pesto.
My other favorite thing to do with garlic seeds (other than replanting them) is as a flavoring for olive oil or for red wine. Take a small bottle of olive oil and "infuse" it with garlic flavor by dumping a whole bunch of garlic seeds in the bottom. It's the same principle for red wine. You infuse the wine with garlic seeds or cloves of garlic. This is the *perfect* thing to deglaze a pan of sauteed mushrooms.
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