Grown with love on our four acre farm in the Applegate Valley of southern Oregon. We grow garlic that stands apart from the typical, single variety found in grocery stores. Heirloom garlic cultivars have long histories, and a range of unique flavors and characteristics varying from sweet and mild to fiery and complex. Many are also visually striking, with clove and bulb wrappers that are striped or mottled, purple, pink, or red.

We offer three grades of garlic:

Seed grade: sized 2 inches or more in diameter, this grade will result in the largest most abundant yields in your garden or farm. $16/lb; $10 ½ lb; $6 ¼ lb

Medium grade: sized between 1.75-2 inches in diameter. This grade is suitable for planting, though yields will not be as large in their first year. Many garlic varieties will size up quickly, however, if you select and plant the biggest heads from your harvests each year. $12/lb

Culinary grade: Same great garlic in our smallest grade, 1.75 inches or less, best price for use in the kitchen! Of course, even small garlic can be planted and sized up year by year – it just takes longer! $8/lb

Hardnecks

Allium sativum var ophioscorodon.

Hardneck garlic sends up flowering stalks, scapes, and eventually flowers and goes to seed if allowed to. Garlic scapes emerge in May or June, and can be harvested when they curl to encourage the plant to grow larger bulbs. Scapes themselves are a tasty, garlicky treat that can be grilled, pickled, or made into a spring pesto. Hardneck garlics tend to have stronger flavors, and have fewer/larger cloves that are easy to peel, making them extra nice for culinary use. Their rare, unique preciousness comes with a shorter storage life, so they need to be consumed or planted sooner than softneck garlic. Hardnecks are the first to be harvested, as early as mid to late June.

Softneck

Allium sativum var. sativum.

Softnecks do not typically send up a rigid flowering stalk, but rather have a soft top that sometimes falls over when the garlic is ready to harvest. Softnecks are the varieties to grow for braiding, and have the longest storage life. They have some large outer cloves, and many smaller inner cloves. Flavor can be pungent and spicy, though usually is not as fiery as hardneck varieties. Typically the last to harvest, around late July to early August.