Dave ... in answer to your question about cleaning the garlic. Yes, we did clean them last year ... the ground was pretty moist when it was time to harvest them and they had a lot of soil clinging to them. We laid them on the grass and hosed them very lightly then put them in the shade to dry off before hanging them in the garage.
These photos are of last year's Persian Star Purple Stripe ...
“My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth.” Lady Bird Johnson
