Are you growing your own? At least for the greens? They go with everything.

Garlic is self sterile in most cases like Saffron, you grow Garlic from garlic (like most Alliums, many Alliums are not sterile, but still grown from clones). In almost any climate you can grow it. These peeps are trying to revive the wild form. https://hoodrivergarlic.com/

If you have a windowsill and a pot, really just a bit of dirt, delicious garlic can be yours at home.

If you grow just for greens take your smallest cloves, not worth peeling, and stick them in the dirt. If you are growing for bulbs use the most flavorful and disease resistant.

Like Saffron, plant it randomly for future generations , and let it spread, it is not invasive.

Edit: tomorrow is Fajitas night, so some of these will die for the cause. Please pour one out for my dead homies.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    if you’re growing indoors, it’s pretty easy to force garlic to grow out of season. really, it comes down to making sure it has adequate light, which if you’re in a terribly cave-like apartment, means a grow light with a timer. Garlic was among the easiest things to force when I was first starting out with my apartment’s living wall- sharing that space with salad greens and herbs.

    As a side note, if you only have one pot, you can also grow them along side some other fresh herbs like thym and rosemarry. (depending on the pot, it might get a little too crowded for big leafy things like parsely and cilantro/coriander)

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      1 year ago

      Cool, thanks! I have some plants that I brought indoors that are under a grow light. I can try putting some garlic in a pot and see how it goes.