Chesnok Red Garlic -purple stripe garlic (hard neck) from Rusty Fence FARMS in Santa Rosa, CA - Grown with out the use of chemical pesticides or chemical fertilizers by a local grower. Beautiful purple striped wrappers. The best baking garlic. Very aromatic with an abiding flavor. Often selected by restaurants for its fine flavor. Easy to peel and stores 4-6 months.

Where winters are milder (like our area) garlic is planted from October through January.

Garlic will make the largest bulbs in fertile soil with lots of organic matter, so amend your soil as nessesary.

Break the bulbs into individual cloves and plant 4-6" apart in rows that are 12" apart. Aprox 1" deep, root side down.

Fertilize in spring with a little chicken manure and a slow release organic fertilizer like cottonseed meal or Cal Organic 7-5-7.

Harvest is based on the type of garlic. Once the tops start to die down usually June-July.