Straight from Alan the organic garlic farmer in Pearcedale!
These garlic bulbs were harvested 5 weeks ago and are now ready to eat, they taste and smell incredible.
They've been grown without the use of pesticides and Alan spent a LOT of time hand weeding around them.
Last year we bought a couple of kilos and froze them so we wouldn't have to buy imported garlic in the middle of our winter. Imported Chinese garlic tastes nothing like this and once it's been frozen it's even easier to peel.
This year the harvest is a bit smaller and Alan hasn't cleaned or de-stemmed them, so he's selling them in rustic bunches for a reduced price. This means that we are able to buy premium organic garlic much cheaper than anywhere else!!
On Wednesday we picked out the best of the bunch and bought them to Coburg to share with the Newlands community.
The bunches haven't been weighed, just tied together and do range from smaller to bigger bunches. Each bunch is $5.50 and often comes with 5 bulbs, some smaller, some bigger.
We are hoping that people will want to buy a few bunches and can take a range of bigger and smaller, this is how fair farming goes.
We bought up 150 bunches and can buy more if needed but wasn't sure what the demand would be. We were visiting family so no extra miles have been wasted getting them to Coburg.
We bought enough for our whole family for the whole year. Last year we did the same and it was awesome, beautiful garlic was on hand whenever we needed it.
Please text with how many bunches you would like on 0404 043 010.
We would like most people to come and pick up their garlic on Monday Jan 25th between 7.30 and 9.30 and pay cash on pick up. Pick up from Livingstone St North Coburg.
You really won't find better, healthier, cheaper garlic than this.
From Mel and Andy.
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