King Island Garlic
"Good, clean food, that's what we're known for."
My specialty is providing the home garlic gardener with a range of interesting and unusual garlic varieties to plant, grow and store for a supply of fresh garlic all year.
A selection of cultivars available which have evolved around the Earth. I have gathered them over almost two decades from Tasmania's rich cultural heritage of migrant heirlooms and industry trial varieties.
Grown under the clear sky and fresh air of King Island, Bass Strait,Tasmania
in the path of the Roaring 40's,
using NO pesticide or herbicide, NO fumigant or GMO
Did you know?
There are at least eleven different known 'types' or groups of garlic.
"Is purple garlic best?" Not necessarily! Garlic comes in many colours - purple, white, pink, tan or red. While interesting and beautiful, colour is not the most important factor of good garlic. Some garlic groups include many varieties with a range of subtle flavours, shapes, sizes and storage qualities. Some are early maturing, some are harvested later, some are short-storing, others keep longer, even up to a year. Some are mild and sweetly tasting when cooked whole, where others are strong and pungent! So if you know your garlic and carefully choose your varieties, you can grow fresh garlic to last through the year, to suit any dish! No longer just hardneck or softneck, purple or white!
Garlic is not just garlic!
22nd March 2020 update: ONLINE SALES ARE NOW CLOSED.
Thankyou to all my customers this season. It has been a great season and planting time has come around again so quickly. I hope the new season is kind and everyone's garlic garden flourishes. I am looking forward to offering a wide range of cultivars in 2021.
BUY ON KING ISLAND
We believe in local food for everyone - if you’re lucky enough to be here on King Island visit our drive-in, self-serve garlic 'boutique', for the 'garlic of the day'. Look for the roadside 'GARLIC' sign during summer and autumn until the weather turns wet. Cash sales.
MARCH update - there's still a little left for this season, when the 'garlic' sign is out.
BIOSECURITY???
BUY ONLINE
individual planting bulbs of several varieties
Storage tip: smaller bulbs of any particular variety will last longer than large ones of the same variety.
"Shallots are for babies, onions are for men, garlic is for heroes" - a 16th Century poet.
A selection of cultivars available which have evolved around the Earth. I have gathered them over almost two decades from Tasmania's rich cultural heritage of migrant heirlooms and industry trial varieties.
Grown under the clear sky and fresh air of King Island, Bass Strait,Tasmania
in the path of the Roaring 40's,
using NO pesticide or herbicide, NO fumigant or GMO
Did you know?
There are at least eleven different known 'types' or groups of garlic.
"Is purple garlic best?" Not necessarily! Garlic comes in many colours - purple, white, pink, tan or red. While interesting and beautiful, colour is not the most important factor of good garlic. Some garlic groups include many varieties with a range of subtle flavours, shapes, sizes and storage qualities. Some are early maturing, some are harvested later, some are short-storing, others keep longer, even up to a year. Some are mild and sweetly tasting when cooked whole, where others are strong and pungent! So if you know your garlic and carefully choose your varieties, you can grow fresh garlic to last through the year, to suit any dish! No longer just hardneck or softneck, purple or white!
Garlic is not just garlic!
22nd March 2020 update: ONLINE SALES ARE NOW CLOSED.
Thankyou to all my customers this season. It has been a great season and planting time has come around again so quickly. I hope the new season is kind and everyone's garlic garden flourishes. I am looking forward to offering a wide range of cultivars in 2021.
BUY ON KING ISLAND
- Farm Gate Garlic: FROGSHACK FARM
We believe in local food for everyone - if you’re lucky enough to be here on King Island visit our drive-in, self-serve garlic 'boutique', for the 'garlic of the day'. Look for the roadside 'GARLIC' sign during summer and autumn until the weather turns wet. Cash sales.
MARCH update - there's still a little left for this season, when the 'garlic' sign is out.
- Produce of King Island POKI Market
Find me in person at (mostly) monthly markets in Currie. POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BIOSECURITY???
- Can I take garlic home from a visit to King Island? YES
- Regulations do allow Tasmanian garlic into all states (except WA)
- King Island is Tasmanian, so you may take garlic between King Island and Tasmania
- You MAY NOT bring garlic into Tasmania (including King Island) from mainland Australia
BUY ONLINE
individual planting bulbs of several varieties
- We can post to all states (exc WA)
- Garlic Gardener's King Island Collection Box - SOLD OUT, available from February 2021
(SEE SAMPLE click here)
- Individual planting bulbs - named varieties available (SEE SAMPLES click here)
- (HOW TO ORDER BY MAIL click here)
Storage tip: smaller bulbs of any particular variety will last longer than large ones of the same variety.
"Shallots are for babies, onions are for men, garlic is for heroes" - a 16th Century poet.
