Garlic harvest

I estimate that I planted around 2,200 cloves of garlic in the Autumn of 2015. Here is my harvest, drying on racks constructed from cinder blocks and shelving sections:

Close-ups for context:

I had maybe 40–50 “crappy ones” which had dried out and separated. Can sort of see them on a table in the back. They will get re-planted in semi-wild areas.

Then maybe another 25 or so which broke when pulled up by the stalk (which they say you shouldn’t do — but I found it was faster as a harvest technique, despite losses). Not really “lost” at all though, as they will form the basis of a ‘volunteer’ garlic force next year which are welcome to re-grow at their leisure.

If I were to re-plant all this garlic (often 4 cloves per head), I would probably be in for over 8,000 garlic next year. It’s already too much right now, so I can’t do that… Got to find other uses. It’s a good problem to have though.