wow thats a lot of good advise,i had heard of the danger of making garlic oil so make as needed seems best and use it straight away,so we will try a couple of catalogue ones and an Elephant one for fun many many thanks for all that advise AND has anybody tried Rosemary oil it smells nice but the Rosemary doesnt soften in the oil ,quite strange as i expected it to soften and blend into the oil to use on roast spuds etc ,any other advise on different herbs to grow and put into oil its all appreciated i assure you.good luck all
Hi Alan4711 - you're very welcome! I find majority of gardeners are a pretty friendly lot and are happy to share their knowledge and experience in response to questions asked.. I've been gardening for more years than I care to remember and have always found folks really helpful.
If you work out how many cloves you get from a single bulb, then the price doesn't seem quite so bad! And you have next years' cloves to plant out 'for free' so to speak!
Rosemary is a mediterranean plant and as such is a tough old bird, so that's why it doesn't soften I think.
Experiment with any herb you fancy! Happy gardening!
I agree with Ian4602 about the elephant garlic....I grew it this season for the first time and wow! it was fantastic. Large bulbs with a lovely mild flavour. Have saved some cloves to replant.
weve put aside a raised plot at he allotment for herbs its a fairly good top soil iv put in, but Monty,s on tv looked very light free dryish soil how do i lighten up my soil, iv not put any thing into it yet and will the garlic be ok with the herb soil when i do get it right any advise for me
Mediterranean herbs like it well drained and not particularly fertile, which is why Monty was re-using tomato borders in the greenhouse, and had previously had them potted in gravel-rich soil.
By contrast, I think garlic (elephant and normal) like quite rich ground.
The difference, I suppose, is that for herbs, you want concentrated oils, etc, and a minimum of wet, lush growth: for garlic, you want nice plump bulbs.
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wow thats a lot of good advise,i had heard of the danger of making garlic oil so make as needed seems best and use it straight away,so we will try a couple of catalogue ones and an Elephant one for fun many many thanks for all that advise AND has anybody tried Rosemary oil it smells nice but the Rosemary doesnt soften in the oil ,quite strange as i expected it to soften and blend into the oil to use on roast spuds etc ,any other advise on different herbs to grow and put into oil its all appreciated i assure you.good luck all
Alan4711
Hi Alan4711 - you're very welcome! I find majority of gardeners are a pretty friendly lot and are happy to share their knowledge and experience in response to questions asked.. I've been gardening for more years than I care to remember and have always found folks really helpful.
If you work out how many cloves you get from a single bulb, then the price doesn't seem quite so bad! And you have next years' cloves to plant out 'for free' so to speak!
Rosemary is a mediterranean plant and as such is a tough old bird, so that's why it doesn't soften I think.
Experiment with any herb you fancy! Happy gardening!
I agree with Ian4602 about the elephant garlic....I grew it this season for the first time and wow! it was fantastic. Large bulbs with a lovely mild flavour. Have saved some cloves to replant.
weve put aside a raised plot at he allotment for herbs its a fairly good top soil iv put in, but Monty,s on tv looked very light free dryish soil how do i lighten up my soil, iv not put any thing into it yet and will the garlic be ok with the herb soil when i do get it right any advise for me
good luck ALAN4711
Mediterranean herbs like it well drained and not particularly fertile, which is why Monty was re-using tomato borders in the greenhouse, and had previously had them potted in gravel-rich soil.
By contrast, I think garlic (elephant and normal) like quite rich ground.
The difference, I suppose, is that for herbs, you want concentrated oils, etc, and a minimum of wet, lush growth: for garlic, you want nice plump bulbs.
nice one ian4602 all well noted just what i needed to know many thanks for that cheers all
Alan4711
i had a great crop of elephant garlic this year by replanting last years bulbs vert large and tasty