Comments on: Garlic Scapes

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:55:29 +0000

Hi Katelyn,

Thanks for the comment and for visiting! I didn’t have much luck when I dried them. It was a few years ago, but what I remember was their skin kept them from drying easily, but they also didn’t rehydrate into anything nice tasting. The taste was too strong, and not fresh anymore.

It works reasonably well to make and freeze pesto from them, but otherwise I’ve never found a good way to preserve them.

Does your mom have any secrets to share?

By: Katelyn

Katelyn — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:36:51 +0000

Does anyone here dehydrate them? My mom dehydrates everything including scapes and she puts them ins everything

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:19:19 +0000

Thanks for visiting and leaving the comment Eileen. Good luck with your garlic this year, as well as woodchucks, moles, voles and whatever else you have going on in your garden!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:31:58 +0000

Last year I harvested enough small bulbs, planted from a store-bought garlic bulb to last until the end of March 2011. In spite of size, they were nice and firm and great tasting. This year ventured into the hard neck, and have just harvested about 35 scapes. Plants look great so I’m anxious to see the heads when they are dug up. About woodchucks – try doing some raised beds (4×8), wood sides with chicken wire all around. That deters but doesn’t get rid of moles, voles, but it does keep rabbits out also. Good luck

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NorthShore of Chattanooga | — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:00:00 +0000

[...] had it. It is especially good chopped up raw and eaten in our salads. We have also received some garlic snapes, which have been heavenly. I had never had these either before the CSA box experiment, but I will be [...]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:26 +0000

Hi Jodie,

Yes they can be eaten. I have not tried them myself, but they probably taste a lot like tiny cloves of garlic.

Every part of the garlic plant is edible, as are most alliums (onions, garlic and related). It all only comes down to if it tastes nice. I have heard of people eating garlic bulbils, so I think some people find them nice.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:19:10 +0000

I let my garlic scapes “go to seed” and I now have many little “bulbils” as mentioned above. These look, smell and taste like small round garlic cloves. Can these be eaten? I don’t intend on planting them, and I’d hate for them to go to waste.

By: How To Plant, Grow, and Harvest Garlic | One Green Generation

How To Plant, Grow, and Harvest Garlic | One Green Generation — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:37 +0000

[...] and distinct flavors, is easy to peel, and has generally bigger cloves. These also produce edible garlic scapes at the beginning of the summer. These are my favorite, but they generally don’t store for [...]

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Gardening 101: How To Plant Garlic | One Green Generation — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:45:20 +0000

By: Linda VanSpronsen

Linda VanSpronsen — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:35:28 +0000

You can also pickle the scapes or put them in vinegars!! Long live Garlic!!

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the farmin’ life « collecting tokens — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:31:56 +0000

[...] beets (we got the beets!), bok choi, chard, scallions and garlic scapes. I’m intrigued by the garlic scapes, which are shoots that grow up from the garlic [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:00:23 +0000

I just harvested my garlic, had to let them cure for a month. We surely don’t wish you to experience ground-hogs, they are about 100 times the size of moles.
Lisa

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:02:57 +0000

Ah, so they’re called snapes! I grew stiff-necked garlic for the first time this year, and wondered what they were. Delighted to learn we can eat them too – thank you.