A bonus harvest!

@Fleura (35007)
United Kingdom
June 11, 2026 12:51am CST
The day before yesterday we realised we had run our of garlic, so had to beg a spare clove from our lodgers, and put it on the shopping list. Then yesterday I was weeding a corner of the veg plot, and among a clump of grass I found what must, a couple of years ago, have been a forgotten garlic clove, now multiplied into a whole bunch! Admittedly they are a bit on the small side but still perfectly usable so we won’t need to buy any after all – especially as I did actually plant garlic this year as well so the ‘proper’ harvest is yet to come! I’ve hung it up in the greenhouse to dry as there isn’t enough time between showers in the garden. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (11335)
• United Kingdom
2h
What a lucky surprise …..that will keep you going for a while ….
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Fleur
@Fleura (35007)
• United Kingdom
12m
Sometimes a bit of neglect works out well I guess!
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rsa101
@rsa101 (40976)
• Philippines
12h
I’ve never seen a garlic plant before, and this is my first time seeing one freshly harvested. I’m also impressed by how the plant was braided to hang like that. After harvesting, you air-dry it before using it?
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Fleur
@Fleura (35007)
• United Kingdom
12h
Garlic grows as a bulb with long leaves almost like grass. It needs to be dried after harvesting especially when it has come out of wet ground otherwise it will go mouldy.
Amber
@AmbiePam (120736)
• United States
7h
That’s so cool. I would have been really excited too.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
13h
Garlic is expensive, I miss the garlic I grew in my garden. You have been lucky.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135725)
• Marion, Ohio
7h
That is always a nice surprise
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50205)
• India
11h
Garlic is good for health. I'm glad you found it and saved money.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174405)
• United States
14h
I usually use garlic powder in my cooking but Pretty did traipse in with three jumbo garlic heads a couple of weeks ago. She said she was going to cook something that needed several fresh cloves. (I'll have to break the cloves down when she's ready for them, just like I cut up fresh onions for her.)
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (34473)
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Just now
That is amazing So how does it work that garlic grow like that If I wanted to grow it, what should I do
Michael Duff
@Wrexxo (1781)
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13h
That will save you some money..I'm glad you could find some garlic clove without needing to spend money on them
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