Product Description
The first garlic book written specifically for organic gardeners and small-scale farmersGrowing Great Garlic is the definitive grower's guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial growers will want to consult this book regularly.The author tells us:which strains to plantwhen to fertilizewhen to plantwhen to prune flower stalkshow to plantwhen to harvestPlus, how to store, market, and process the crop.Growing Great Garlic makes a genuine contribution in the field of garlic classification that will help the public recognize several distinct varietal types of garlic.

Amazon.com Review
Ron L. Engeland has made his living as an organic garlic grower in Washington State for nearly two decades. He has cultivated more than 450 strains from all over the world. If you want to grow incredible garlic for yourself, he's the man to listen to.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 15 reviews)

good book by jimmie b. (clawson, mi)

4 Stars
June 22, 2009
this book was very helpful to me - it could of been cut in 1/2 because of all the unneeded material. but it works for me now in my backyard in the city and it will be extra helpful when I am growing about an acre of garlic in 2 1/2 years for someone wanting to grow only a a dozen or less bulbs, this book is probably not for you.

Great Results by Apps (Hillsboro, Ohio)

4 Stars
June 12, 2009
I originally purchased this book to grow garlic for my own use and had such excellent results that I am now growing and selling several different types of garlic. At first the book seems to be redundant, but in practice it makes sense, since you can refer to the section that applies to stage of the growing cycle you are in at the time. My only complaint is that sometimes the information is not completly clear and you may have more questions than answers. If you would like to see color photographs of almost all the planting stock available, with descriptions and characteristics, I would highly recommend "the Complete Book Of Garlic" by Ted Jordan Meredith.

Growing Great Garlic by Fiore Vitola (NJ)

5 Stars
January 11, 2009
Great book for beginner as well as advanced gardener very informative, I would recommend this book to all gardeners that are interested in learning the proper way to grow garlic.

All about garlic. by Anissa R. Helge Helge (Dallas)

5 Stars
December 22, 2008
This book is very well written with attention to detail. It is a must have for the serious gardener.

Yikes.... by Warren E. Witzell Jr.

1 Stars
July 27, 2008
Type in growing galic in your search engine and 9 out of 10 will tell you it is a snap. This author has at least 40 reasons why your crop will fail. I don't recommend this book... too negative and too disorganized.

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