Thanks everyone:
Natalie: Thank you for the compliment about asking questions. Something I have never been afraid of doing. The only way to learn is to get as much information as possible, and yet be open minded. Found out that thru the years. No matter what a person is researching, there has been information/advice passed along that sometimes needs to be over looked and given a second thought. Sounds like you had some experience growing garlic and plan to grow Creole. How did you come up to that conclusion?
Unfortuantely, I along with many other "home gardeners" do not have acreage to be able to experiment growing many varieties in hopes to find a couple that we are delighted with and so we have to be very selecetive as to which ones we are planting. Thus, asking advice as to recommendations for whatever it is we are asking about. Wheteher it be edible or non edible. I think my best bet is to wait for the farmer's markets and hope they will be selling different varieties and be knowledgeable about what they sell. Not looking to be a "producer and/seller". No room for that. My goodness, perennials would have to go and that is not going to happen! LOL
Thank you Ken for your comments and info about the store garlic. Once I finally make a decision on what to plant (looks like October around here), I should be able to harvest my own next June. Looking forward to that. Probably need to "taste" many of the varieties. Good luck with your Orchid sales.
Pod: Does Gumbo onions taste like a Creole flavoring? Something esle I need to research for my son.
Mary: I checked out the website....100 varieties of garlic world wide. Looks like it is going to take me years to find and sample garlic to find the "3" or so I might want to grow. Interesting to know about alliums and garlic carrying virus.....did all you garlic growers know this????
Wish me luck with my endeavers. Like many other home gardenrs reading this, perhpas there will be folks here in June that will harvest some of theirs and perhpas offer some in their trading endeavors for perennials. Love when gardeners help each other. Always pay it forward.
Good luck everyone with all your gardening. Down to 19 here last night.....no spring in sight yet. Marsha
