This is the first year in a decade of growing garlic that my garlic didn't overwinter well. We planted about 13,000 cloves last October and this August we harvest about 6600 plants. As with any living system, it is hard to know exactly why it acts the way that it does but I have a number of theroies about this problem. Suffice it to say that I will be doing everything in my power to avoid a repeat next year, though often times I think these are things we have little to no control over.
This is a huge financial hit for my small business but we will ride this one out. I have crunched the numbers for all the garlic that I need for the rest of this summer share and the winter share (that I will be announcing soon) and have realized that I don't have any surplus garlic to sell like I have in past years. My apologies to those of you who I told otherwise. I still owe a few of you some garlic who signed up during a time that we ran a promotion and I will come through with that for you. Other than that I will have a few braids to sell in a few weeks. Please let me know if you would like your name on a waitlist for a garlic braid. I won't be able to guarantee it so it will be a first come, first served basis.
