Our garlic is hand planted in October, just before the snow begins to fall. We use raised beds with soil from the ranch fortified with our own compost and organic fertilizer (See https://keeneorganics.com/product/garlicfertilizer/ ). The garlic, bedded with straw, spends the winter under heavy snow and emerges first thing after snow melt (typically April).
For the hardneck varieties, scapes are harvested in June (see https://www.chatelaine.com/food/garlic-scapes-faq/ ). If you’ve not tried garlic scapes you must – they are a real treat. Check back with us in May to order – they go quickly.
The garlic bulbs are harvested in late July or early August, depending on the year. They are hung to dry for several weeks, cleaned and trimmed by hand, and then are ready for shipping for you to enjoy!
As a small business we do not (yet) have an “organic” certification, which is complex and expensive. However, we can attest that our garlic is naturally grown, with only organic fertilizer and no pesticides or other artificial products whatsoever.
We sell our garlic in two sizes: large and medium/small. Typically, larger bulbs are used as seed stock and the medium/small bulbs (“culinary garlic”) are for eating. However, they all taste equally great and cooking with the larger cloves is a treat so feel free to try them!
Please note that due to allium quarantine regulations (designed to protect the onion industry) we are not allowed to ship seed stock garlic (the large size) to the following counties in Idaho and Oregon:
Idaho: Ada, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonneville, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Twin Falls, and Washington
Oregon: Malheur
We also ship only within the lower 48 states.
If you have any questions feel free to contact us at info@riverjunctionranch.com
