Gardening - What are garlic Scraps

Garlic Scraps

I posted in April's Harvest about Garlic Scraps. I had a few people ask me what Garlic scraps are and what do I use them for. 

What are garlic scraps? 

They are the top of the garlic plant. They have a light garlic taste and can be harvest from the time you see them until your harvest your garlic. Harvest the top of the garlic is good for your garlic bulbs, because it make the plant focus on growing the bulb. 

What do I use them for? 

I use them to cook with. I will substitute them in for garlic. This is very useful because most of my garlic from last year is gone. Hubby also likes this,because he isn't a huge garlic fan and it has a mild taste.  

Have you ever used garlic scraps? Do you have a favorite recipe for it? 

Gardening ~ Harvesting Food for My Home - April

I have been trying to find ways to live more healthy and organically. One way is to harvest food out of the gardens. 

April's Harvest

Onion tops
 

Onion tops - .01 oz

 



Garlic Scraps

   Garlic scraps - .01 oz

  



Scallions



   Scallions - .06 oz

 



Asparagus



Asparagus - 3oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dandelion - 1lb

 

April this year was very cold and not much have come up. I was excited to see onion, garlic and asparagus. 

This year I am trying to harvest 500lbs of food out of the gardens. It is a huge amount of food but I have a lot of area to grow in. 

As of April 30th, 2014, I have harvest 1lb 2.08oz of food. I have a lot more to go!