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Why Our Organic Garlic Tastes Great
Why Grey Duck Garlic tastes great:
1) Our organic hardneck garlic is grown in Palouse loess; some of the best soil in the world.
The Palouse region of Washington is known for its rolling hills and deep rich topsoil or Palouse loess. Palouse loess is soil blown off departing glaciers during the last ice age. This extremely fertile topsoil soil is highly desirable and over 12 foot deep in our organic garlic field. Its beauty and fertility has caused more than one case of ‘soil lust’ among visiting out of town gardeners.
2) Taste is Essential. If we don’t think the garlic taste is outstanding we don’t grow that variety.
We are amateur gourmet cooks too. We cook, taste and debate the merit of every garlic variety we grow. If we don’t love it, we don’t grow and sell it as seed garlic or cooking garlic. Over half the garlic varieties we have tried have failed our taste testing. Our goal is to sell desirable great tasting culinary garlic for chefs and home gardeners.
3) We hand plant, weed, harvest, and cure every garlic bulb.
All garlic is carefully handled to avoid bruising that can shorten shelf life. We appreciate and encourage our garlic.
4) Our garlic is grows under harsh weather conditions which help develop flavor.
Extreme spring flooding; snow in May; hail the size of large marbles in June; and frost near the fourth of July are only some of the hazards our garlic has had to combat. Our temperature can zoom from below freezing to a balmy 70 °F during the winter. In addition, we don’t irrigate our garlic so it has to cope with extremes in moisture as well. Harsh weather stimulates the production of beneficial phytochemicals in the garlic which helps ensure survival and great taste (think of the difference in taste between heirlooms tomatoes from Grandma’s garden and supermarket tomatoes).
The taste that inspires passion