Mountain Valley Garlic

06/16/2026

It's getting hot out there Washington! Don't forget to keep the garlic watered, it's trying to grow big bulbs for you, but when it gets too hot and too dry, growth will stop while the plant begins to quickly dry down. Keeping the soil moist (but not saturated) will help your garlic sail through this heat wave.

Growing potatoes? If your potatoes have started to flower, then they're starting to produce tubers as well, plenty of water right now will help you avoid scab and other disease issues. Keeping your soil consistently moist during tuber formation is critical to high yields of healthy/marketable potatoes.
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06/15/2026

Now shipping Certified Organic garlic scapes. This tasty garlic treat is only available for a short time each year. Order yours today, direct from the farm, and we'll ship to your doorstep. Garlic scapes are great for roasting, pesto, pickles, freezing, dehydrating, grilling, fermenting, sauteed, deep fried, or pan fried.

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Certified Organic garlic scapes are great for roasting, pesto, pickles, freezing, dehydrating, grilling, fermenting, sauteed, deep fried, or pan fried. Kept in a plastic bag, in your fridge, these will store for at least 4-6 weeks GARLIC SCAPE PESTO RECIPE (FREEZES GREAT!)1 pound garlic scapes, cut....

06/13/2026

We're offering our Garlic Growing Guide as a digital download for free through our website. It's basic but thorough and a handy guide through the garlic growing cycle from Fall planting through curing and storing. What is it missing? What should I add?

Heirloom and Certified Organic seed garlic. 25+ varieties of hardneck and softneck garlic.

06/12/2026

Let the harvest pictures begin!! We're still about 3 weeks out from harvest, but our friends in warmer regions are starting to share pictures of their beauties. Here's Tina's Carpathian, looking amazing.

If you've been following us for very long, you'll know I have soft spot for Carpathian (a Rocambole variety of hardneck garlic). We've been growing this variety since about 2010 and spent many years selecting for resilience and adaptability. It'll always be my favorite garlic, both for taste and sentimentality. I try not to talk about it as much, as it always sells out so fast, but year over year we grow more and more of it. Carpathian does well in most regions, although it requires a long vernalization (in the fridge) for growers who do not naturally experience a cold winter.

Have you grown Carpathian? How did it do in your region?

06/10/2026

Our Certified Organic Music is our most popular variety for a reason; customers love the large bulbs with large cloves and classic flavor. Spicy when raw, smooth when roasted, and an expected storage life of 5 to 6 months.

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06/07/2026

Another gorgeous day in the garlic patch. It's been really windy here the last few days and everything looks a bit tousled. I love how all the colors begin to change this time of year. Plants that have scaped are beginning to draw their energy down into the bulb, and every week they will yellowing more. Plants that have not scaped, like this beautiful Chesnok Red, are vibrant green still and the plot is beginning to take on the appearance a patchwork quilt.
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06/06/2026

Scape butter is going on my list for this year! This looks delicious.
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06/06/2026

Who else is getting excited for harvest season?!? Throwback to these beauties from last year. If you've ever grown our Music, you know there's a reason it's our most popular variety. We've been selecting the "cream of the crop" for our planting stock from these genetics for almost 20 years and it shows at harvest time when 90% of our crop is the size of a baseball. If you like big bulbs, give Music a try.

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06/05/2026

Garlic scape pre-orders will begin shipping next week. We'll ship on Mondays in hopes of avoiding having scapes sit in transit through the weekend. We won't have enough scapes to fill every order the first week, so if you order now expect your scapes to ship on June 15th

Need more scapes for pesto, scape butter, and other summer goodness? We've got you covered here:
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