The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Elephant garlic is a low-maintenance, cold-climate crop that rewards the right soil and spacing with impressively large bulbs and a mild, versatile flavor. With rich, well-draining soil, fall planting, and a little seasonal care, you can enjoy a thriving harvest year after year.
Harvesting garlic is all about timing and a gentle touch: wait until the lower leaves turn yellow, then lift the bulbs carefully with a garden fork instead of pulling. Cure them properly afterward, and you’ll enjoy a bigger, longer-lasting harvest with far less waste.
Growing big, healthy garlic bulbs starts with avoiding a few easy-to-make mistakes. From planting at the wrong time to overcrowding cloves, these simple fixes can help you harvest plump, flavorful garlic instead of tiny or rotting heads.
Learn how to grow elephant garlic and enjoy huge, flavorful bulbs with a milder bite than regular garlic. This easy-to-grow allium thrives in many climates, produces useful scapes, and can keep multiplying year after year with the right care.