Comments on: Garlic from China? Not Here at Bumblebee

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:50:44 +0000

Ru-ro! Chinese garlic? A gardening show was featured the huge producer of garlic in the town of Gilroy,CA. A rule of thumb taught is if the roots of the garlic being purchased is stubby or looks cut off to the bulb it is from china; it was also mentioned that China sells a huge amount of garlic is sold in the USA. Now if the roots are long it most likely is from Gilroy.

Just a side note….please encourage your friend to notify the owners of the farmers market that this junk is being sold. With farmers markets becoming so popular they run the risk of loosing the purity that is drawing people to them in the first place.

Oh, one more thing….love your blog:)

By: Frances

Frances — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:07:08 +0000

This is just wrong on many levels! Garlic at a farmer’s market should at least by from the same continent, if not local! Garlic is so easy to grow too. We accidentally ordered Music, a hard neck variety when we are supposed to plant soft neck here in the south. Hope it does better than your puny pink, but the Red Inchelium softneck has been the one we save for the next season with good results. We like to braid ours as well, it looks pretty in the kitchen.
Frances
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By: Cindee Eichengreen

Cindee Eichengreen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:25:55 +0000

I plant garlic in many of my flower beds for various reasons and harvest them all. I plant Polish Softneck Garlic in with my roses to keep the aphids away. After harvest we braid it for the kitchen. And I plant Elephant Garlic in the Children’s Garden because they are fascinated with it.

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:12:50 +0000

Produce from China at the local farm stand is a very disturbing development. I love garlic & have grown it, but I messed up with it this year, as I planted it in the spring, then ended up doing soil work in the bed where they were planted and then I never got them back in the ground. After your warning, I'm really kicking myself. .-= Mr. McGregor's Daughter´s last blog ..Mason Jar Photography =-.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:30:59 +0000

I try to avoid food from China for the same reasons. Usually I check my produce to see where it comes from but I don't remember looking at the garlic I buy in bulk from Sam's Club. You have me curious now. .-= Robin´s last blog ..Happy Thanksgiving! =-.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:33:50 +0000

Robin, That is such bad news! I never thought about garlic Not being grown in the US. gail …and, what about the chickens? How are they?

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:07:43 +0000

I have to agree with David. The major requirement to hold a sellers license at our local farmer’s market is that the farmer actually grew it! We had a very large seller expelled last year when it was learned he was actually going to truck patch to truck patch and purchasing stock and then reselling it as his own. I would want to know it was an imported product.

Happy Thanksgiving.

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:14:56 +0000

Homegrown garlic is so easy, and requires no jet fuel or diesel to get it to your kitchen. I’d get word of the sourcing on that garlic to the people who run your farmer’s market. Destroying the confidence of those who buy from a farmer’s market, their belief that the goods they buy there will have been grown locally and safely . . . well, that would be the beginning of the end if not dealt with. I’m sure they’d want to know.

By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:27:39 +0000

Garlic from China? I thought you were kidding! .-= Tatyana´s last blog ..Images For You, 160 names and The Last Award =-.

By: whit

whit — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:08:32 +0000

Did you know growing your own garlic year after year will produce a flavour of garlic all your own? It takes a couple years of seed saving. It’s like wine grapes. Depending on your conditions, your German White grown in your yard could taste completely different than German White grown in my yard.

Just another inspiring reason to plant some garlic!!
Happy Thanksgiving!