Ive had this hanging in my kitchen over a decade. A lady at a farmers market in KY was selling them.
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A good reminder for this coming season. Really looking forward. Drew, in a couple of months I,ll be85, just got to go one season at a time.
Got to sort out for the best hard neck variety , enough for the fall season and some for next season.
Right now I am going with Susan Delafield, nice right up. Bunch to choose from.
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Nice! How big is your bed?
Looks great. I’ve got a new 16’ x 8’ bed and I’m debating whether or not to leave a middle pathway or just fill it all in…I really only need a path for trimming scapes I guess.
It’s tough to tend to an 8’ wide bed, but garlic is my lowest maintenance plant. I only have to weed it 2 or 3 times. If densely planted, it shades out the weeds pretty quickly in the spring.
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I prepped my beds by leaving tarps on them the past couple of months… every single weed is gone The biome and worms ate everything and i have a solid layer of compost from the decimated weeds. I raked the upper crust and put that into my compost pile…took maybe 5 mins.
I do not plan on weeding at all again… i had an amazing harvest despite the weeds… and i think going forward are just good compost.
Leaf and woodchip mulch will go on top of my planting again… and will be compost dust by my next harvest.
Im not saying that this is the right way or looks pretty… but it seems to be sustainable and regenerative and almost zero work for the reward.
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I planted mine the 18th. I added three new hardnecks and one soft neck. Mostly from suggestions here But saw a coouple others I wanted to try. One hardneck I saved for seed went bad on me. First time that happened. Not sure which variety but glad to eliminate them as the lifespan was too short. I grow Transylvanian artichoke soft neck which is huge and strong for a soft neck. I thought I would try Red Toch another artichoke type not minding wet conditions. Transylvanian is a winner here so I thought I would try this one. Transylvanian is strong and produces hardneck sized bulbs. Looks everything like 
a hardneck but is not. I also grow silver skins for their long shelf life. The artichokes last decent too.
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Think I’ll do similar this year; plant the cloves a couple inches deep in the existing bed then bury them in a couple inches of composted horse manure that I get from a friend. Barely had any weeds this year.
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