Garlic Scapes
Just noticed some random garlics that I failed to dig up last year. When the whole bulb is left in the ground like these, they produce tightly-bunched tiny bulbs. They are hard to peal and should not be planted as next year’s seeds. They are putting up scapes already. Scapes are long, curled spikes with a white point at the end. All garlics grow scapes which will open into flowers if left to mature, but the garlic bulb itself in the ground will be a lot smaller. Scapes are delicious chopped in spaghetti sauce…..having all the flavor of regular garlic, but not the “bite.”