Harvesting and storing garlic

CUISINE & CULTURE

There is no absolute window to harvest garlic, but late summer is a good time. There are two types of garlic: softneck and hardneck. Both types have an edible underground clove and attractive gray-green, long thin leaf blades but differ in how the crop matures.

Softneck garlic varieties are the types found in most grocery stores. Their flavor is mild, and cloves can keep for mo…